In the providence of God documented in the Gospels, it is not just the progressive, positive affirmation of Christ's followers that provides clarity for the reader – but also the…
This message chronicles the testimony of the witnesses of Christ's words and works. We find onlookers progressively processing the implications of Jesus' identity revealed through gospel events until the half…
This Psalm finds its surprising historic and musical situation in the hymnal of Jeduthun. I Chron 16:41-43 & II Chron 5:12 remind us of the worship leading commission represented in…
The author of Hebrews warns again the devastating and damning implications of suffering anything of the created realm to usurp so much as a square inch of Christ's throne. Even…
The Exodus events of Israel’s history provide definitive covenantal imagery, concepts, and language intrinsic to the redemptive themes of scripture. Exodus 12 is a landmark chapter for the people of…
Prospectus: 'a statement or situation that forecasts the nature of something else'. As we apply the narrative/imperative continuity test to the events following the kingdom comparisons discourse (#3)... We discover…
Inspired by this Psalm Spurgeon observes: “What a horrible creature man appears to be to his own consciousness when his depravity and vileness are fully opened up by the Law…
Where should we begin when addressing a church dangerously drifting from the anchor of its faith? The author of Hebrews answers this question with his prologue, a densely saturated juggernaut…
Upon considering in three stage escalation, the amplitude of the Kingdom of Heaven, we are prepared to asses its value via the Hidden Treasure / Pearl of Great Price parables.…
From Kingdom individual, to Kingdom corporate, to Kingdom transhistorical... the planting parables illustrating the amplitude of the Kingdom of Heaven reach their crescendo with the mustard seed and leaven pairing.…