The historical prologue continues apace as the returning nation of Israel recounts their relationship with Yahweh during a timely covenant renewal ceremony. The model given the nation in Deut 27:1-8…
Psalm 103 is a Davidic Psalm rich with Messianic hope and assurance. This song introduces a set of 4 Psalms (103-106) which share themes from creation through the era of…
The symbolic language of redemption often references imagery that has a rich historical context through the pages of scripture as the purposes of God in the salvation of a people…
Following the instructions of Deut 27:1-8, the returning exiles participate in a covenant renewal ceremony. The great king has been acknowledged as their sovereign (9:5-6). This formal covenant event then…
Israel's repentance, reconstruction, and revival in the days of Ezra & Nehemiah was marked by memorial convocation. These milestone moments of national significance occur in the context of a solemn…
As providence would have it, our Psalm a month series presents us Psalm 102 today. This message follows 2 sermons from various passages in Nehemiah 8-10. We have emphasized in…
Nehemiah 10 presents an exemplary covenant document of national repentance. Following a public forum wherein the people had humbled themselves via prayer, fasting, sackcloth, scripture proclamation, and worship.... they codified…
Today's message falls under the category of 'occasional sermon', or a message intended to address a particularly significant historical moment upon us at the time of this delivery: March 29,…
Paul continues to expound the significance and implications of Genesis 15:6 as this revelation proves absolutely foundational to the nature of salvation. All of Romans 4 and his summary language…
the course of our Genesis series, we have taken time to catalogue how future authors of scripture recognize and expound the significance of watershed moments in the course of salvation's…