I Timothy 1:6-7 — “From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling…” This was Paul’s blunt assessment of what certain leaders in the church at Ephesus had done. They’d turned away from sounds words and chosen empty words. Why did they do this? And what was really happening when they stood up…
Daniel 1-3 — Daniel and his three friends found themselves in a situation that increasingly resembles the one we’re facing today as evangelical Christians. The prevailing culture is becoming more anti-Christian and there is growing pressure to compromise. This is exactly what Daniel and his three friends did not do! In the face of great…
II Chronicles 34 — Manasseh was the worst king that Judah ever had. His evil deeds exceeded even those of the Canaanite nations whom the Lord destroyed! So it’s quite remarkable that when his grandson Josiah came to the throne at just eight years of age “he did that which was right in the sight…
Hebrews 2:9 — “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour…” In this text the writer to the Hebrews presses us to consider the Incarnation and to see the path to glory that the Son of God walked. He willingly…
Isaiah 45 — “I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me…” Isaiah ministered in Judah at least 100 years before the Babylonian Captivity. In his day, Assyria was the great threat to Judah’s existence not Babylon, but in this chapter there is a prophecy about Judah’s return from captivity…
Exodus 12:29-32 — “And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt…” The final devastating plague fell upon Egypt just as the LORD said it would. There was not one Egyptian household that was not visited with death on that terrifying night. But the Children of…
Hebrews 2:8b-9a — “But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus…” When we look and see the world around us we are often discouraged. The world is not a happy place, it is not what God intended it to be in the beginning. But thankfully, He has sent His…
Luke 9:27-36 — “As he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering…and they saw his glory…” The Transfiguration is an event in Jesus’ life that many of us are familiar with, but do we know what it was all about? Why did Jesus take three of His disciples up…
I Timothy 1:5 — “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned…” One of the major pastoral concerns that animated the Apostle Paul was the impact of false teaching among the Christians at Ephesus. It was a serious threat to their love…
Song of Solomon 2:15 — “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.” The Song of Solomon is the Bible’s great poem describing and extolling marital love. It tells the story of a young Solomon and his bride as they begin their life together. In this text,…