Fighter Verses

There are actually two worlds here: one old and one new. Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen write, Two great figures stand at the entrances to two worlds: Adam stands at the gate of the old world, Jesus at the gate of the new. Adam’s first sin inaugurated the old age and brought sin, death, and [...]

God has never done anything accidental.  This vein of thought runs throughout the very core of the Bible.  His purposes have always been worked out, are being worked out, and will be worked out. So then, to say that the myriad of analogies God has placed in creation are merely circumstantial or “accidental” would be [...]

Loving the word of God means that we’ve taken a particular position on truth. First, we believe it exists. And second, it comes from somewhere (better, Someone) outside of ourselves. And this leads to a profound recognition of Jesus’ identity. John Piper explains it this way: The way the Bible uses the word truth, and [...]

Deuteronomy 6:6–7 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Last week we focused on [...]

Deuteronomy 6:4–5, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. The Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) is considered one of the most important passages in the Hebrew bible. It has been referred to [...]