I suspect that the popularity of zombies reveals that many people feel the deadness of their lives. Though they appear to be alive, they feel driven and despairing.
Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed! ...
On Sunday morning, we wave our palms and sing Hosanna in the Highest. ...
Psalm 84 celebrates the temple of God in Jerusalem. It begins “How lovely is your dwelling place...
Below is my graphical representation of the Gospel. It is the four-chapter story of God’s working in history for the restoration of the cosmos that He created. ...
In Ephesians 2:9, after saying that salvation by grace through faith is "not by works," Paul adds, "so that no one can...
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves...
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The cup of Jesus will involve suffering, to be sure. Yet “cup of suffering” doesn’t quite get what Jesus meant when he...
He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!” Luke 2:32 The Gospel of Luke is unique among the biblical Gospels in its...
Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in...
Usually, when Christians talk about salvation, we point to being saved from sin and death through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Salvation has to do with the promise of life after death. “Are you...
Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. On this day, Christians remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and we prepare for a deeper participation in the crucial events of this...
Romans 8:1 is one of the most important verses in all of Scripture, from both a theological and a psychological point of view. Theologically, this verse makes crystal clear the fact of our...
Though we have been saved and forgiven through the grace of God in Christ, sin continues to war against our souls. Sometimes, indeed, it can seem as if our life is dominated by...
One of the first things I believed when I became a Christian was that I had eternal life . . . or at least I would have it after I died. John 3:16...
In Isaiah 51:17, as in many verses of the Old Testament, drinking the cup is a symbol of receiving God’s judgment. Jerusalem drank “the cup of the LORD’s fury” when the Babylonians invaded,...
Isaiah paints a picture of the values that must characterize the people of God.
Jonah disobeys God’s call because he objects to God’s intent to bless Israel’s adversaries, the nation of Assyria and its capital city...
The opening verse of Romans announces Paul’s own vocation, the work that God has called him to do: proclaiming the gospel of...
Jesus, through his self-sacrifice, succeeded in taking away human sin forever. “When Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for...
