Learning How to Pray – Part 1
In Luke’s introduction to the Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11), the disciples observed Jesus praying alone. Seeing Him commune with the Father, one of them asked, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” That occasion led the Lord to give them that prayer we...
Suffering and Glory – Part 3
Christ's Suffering: The Centerpiece of Human History “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a lamb standing as though it had been slain.” Revelation 5:6...
Suffering and Glory: Part 2
Christ Our Example For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you,...
Suffering and Glory Part 1
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what a person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent...
Gospel Freedom: Part 5
Enduring Suffering “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.Through him we also have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Romans...
Gospel Freedom: Part 4
The Gospel and Religious Traditions During the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus, he demonstrated by both word and deed his abhorrence of human traditions. This is especially true when it came to how they obscured the plain meaning of the Law. Scripture...
Gospel Freedom: Part 3
Overcoming Sin “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14 In the previous blogs in this series, we have examined the various ways the Gospel sets us free. Today, we examine one of the most important...
Gospel Freedom Part 2
In the first blog of our Gospel Freedom series, we examined how the Gospel frees us from bondage to the Law of Moses. We saw how the Law, good as it is, could not free us from our slavery to sin. The purpose of the Law was not to make men righteous (it couldn’t)...
Gospel Freedom Part 1
How the Gospel Keeps Us Free from the Law “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 Today, a new blog series begins entitled Gospel Freedom! Galatians 5:1 makes...
Perilous Times Part 5
In this fourth and final blog of this series, we will focus on prayer as indispensable to survive (and thrive) in perilous times. But I am not thinking of prayer in general but a specific type of prayer that must be practiced these days, the kind that allows us to...
Perilous Times Part 4
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD...
Perilous Times Part 3
In the previous blog, I described the first of four things we must know in order to navigate properly through the peril of the last days. These things have always been critical for Christian living, but it seems as if the Holy Spirit is underlining them these days....