To illustrate the scope of God's sovereignty, Luther was quoted as saying: “Even the devil is God's devil”. In Revelation 17:17 Johns speaks of the characters of history related to…
How do you motivate a microscopic minority to stand against the prevailing political and religious winds of their day at the cost of their lives for a cause they can't…
David appeals to the ultimate Judge and Advocate utterly incapable of error as he pleads his cause. This court case looks forward to a verdict served through Christ alone that…
The final words to Corinth are a dramatic contrast when set beside common benedictions today. It is immediately apparent that we waste parting opportunities after considering Paul's apostolic farewells. May…
Jesus excoriated the Pharisees and Sadducees in Mat 16:1-4 for interpretive blindness. They were asking, yet again, for a sign from heaven while they remained oblivious to the signs of…
This sermon is a Biblical response to the following quote from D.A. Carson- “The first generation has the gospel, the second generation assumes the gospel, and the third generation looses…
Borrowing John Pringle's words on Corinthians, the Gospels also offer “...astonishment when we take into view the peculiarly formidable obstacles that opposed its progress in the places that were selected…
Psalm 34 surprises us in its historical context considering its title and parallel account in 1 Sam 21:10-15. Here David regroups from feigned madness to sophisticated artistry. This, the second…
The restoration & upbuilding of the church is Paul's closing aim in 2 Corinthians. History & scriptural context remind us of the experiences of this cultural improbability. Corinth provides the…
Lest we be guilty of glancing over the day to day interactions in the gospel record as we would a foot note in a thesis paper, behold the eternal resonance…