This is the main fault line at the root of the current debate—the epicenter of the Big One that, when it finally shifts with all its force, threatens to split evangelicalism right down the middle. Our problem is a lack of clarity and charity in our debate over the place, priority, practice, and definition of …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwr5MhRGovU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=2 Chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis set the scene for the remainder of the book of Genesis as well as the Bible as a whole. Chapter 2 establishes how the world was created to be, the garden paradise that we still yearn for. Chapter 3, however, purposely mirrors chapter 2 because it reveals how …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CuQ085MaHmhQBvPF93kxB?si=iaLgrQGnRcGgcFdmVWVOxA This past Sunday I sat at home with my family during the Lord’s Day gathering. The reason: I was sick. Technically, I was feeling much better and no longer had a fever, but my eldest daughter was very much still running a fever. So, we stayed home. And it was my first-time livestreaming into …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JR4dIB_gMU&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=1 Psalm 1 is a well that does not run dry. For many who grow up in the faith, it is among the first passages of Scripture that they memorize, but even still, its six short verses quite easily bear the weight of a lifetime of meditation. Indeed, in calling us to meditate on God’s …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ROhrKFKkaa8LpvY9arGo1?si=JdzmkYDQTWuwYf9AmDLBhw Even if we were to study a book of the Bible one verse at a time, there would still be no way extracting every nugget of truth and wisdom from its pages, so given the pace with which we will be studying Exodus (often moving one chapter or more per week), there will obviously …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v63cAE9o898&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5 As we look at this first chapter, we will read of the events that set the scene for the remainder of the book, particularly of God’s marvelous redemption within the first fourteen chapters. Here we see the people of Israel enslaved and slaughtered under the cruel hand of Pharaoh, yet in the midst of …
Today we say goodbye to 2021 and make ourselves ready for 2022. As I did last year, I would like to make my final post of the year one that both looks forward to what the new year might hold as well as looking back on some highlights of the previous year. So, what’s the …
The ESV Study Bible appropriately introduces the book of Exodus, saying: Exodus is an adventure story par excellence. It features a cruel villain (Pharaoh), an unlikely hero (Moses), overwhelming disasters (the plagues), a spectacular deliverance (crossing the Red Sea), a long journey (through the wilderness), a mountaintop experience (where Moses received the Ten Commandments), and …
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The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? 1 Corinthians 10:16 ESV Throughout his ministry in Geneva, John Calvin dealt with a group of Libertines who used the grace of Christ …
and his name shall be calledWonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father,Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV For the Hebrews, peace encompassed more than just the absence of war and strife. Peace was the state of perfect existence, the world as it was meant to be. Peace is what we were made for, the nagging feeling in our …
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