When our children are young, we tell them, “Tell your body what to do, or it will tell you what to do.” The years following will tell us whether or not they listened to us. But, this reality of the pervasiveness of sin and depravity, which most often shows up in impulses of the body,Continue reading “Tell Your Body What To Do”
Category Archives: Biblical Studies
Leave Everything…Gain Everything.
In Luke 17:31-35 Jesus tells His disciples that there will be some incredible things that will happen when He returns. All the normal course of life will stop, people will be judged, and the righteous will be gathered to Him. The interesting thing is that in this narrative, Jesus tells His followers to leave everythingContinue reading “Leave Everything…Gain Everything.”
Why Did God Write 1 Corinthians 12-14?
The text of 1 Corinthians 12-14 is a fascinating look into the protocol for exercising the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The passage also includes instructions for church order, the superiority of love, and the propriety of male headship in church service. There is much there because there is much to say from the mindContinue reading “Why Did God Write 1 Corinthians 12-14?”
Sovereignty and Pleasure Go Together
One of the verses I remember and learned as a young believer was Psalm 115:3 which says: But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. I remember that because of the death of Dawson Trotman, the founder of the Christian University ministry Navigators. He died while attempting to rescue a youngContinue reading “Sovereignty and Pleasure Go Together”
The Days of Noah
Jesus said that it will be at His coming the way it was in the days of Noah. So, the question is, “What was it like in the days of Noah?” Here are some passages from Scripture which give you an indication: Genesis 6:5 (NAS): 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of manContinue reading “The Days of Noah”
It Will Be Business As Usual Until The Lord Returns.
Jesus’ teaching Luke 17:26-30 is that the world will continue as it has always continued. The normal courses of life will not be unbroken in the future, leading all the way until the Son of Man returns. The examples that Jesus used in Luke 17 are examples from pre-flood and post-flood. They are examples duringContinue reading “It Will Be Business As Usual Until The Lord Returns.”
We Are Sons of God, Not Children of The Law
We are studying the book of Galatians at our church and working through chapter 3 has been very exhilarating. To think that the God of the Bible, the Father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Israel, and, most importantly, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, loves me is devastating. WhyContinue reading “We Are Sons of God, Not Children of The Law”
The Seige of Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city of the Great King, Jesus Christ (Psalm 48:2; Matthew 5:35). Its splendor is promised to God forever (Psalm 87:3; cf. 132:13). Further, it is the Zion of the OT (Psalm 132:13-18). However, greater than Mt. Zion is God’s own righteousness. And, as the Jews continue to reject God, especially in lightContinue reading “The Seige of Jerusalem”
Discernment: The Tool of All Trades…Except One.
Philippians 1:9–11 (NAS): 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment,
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;
11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The Day Will Come…
Jesus said, “The time will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.” (Luke 17:22). What did He mean? Does this mean that the disciples will not enter the kingdom of God? Does this mean that Jesus’ return will be silent,Continue reading “The Day Will Come…”
Sketches of Scripture 