Genesis was written by Moses some 1500 years before Christ. It was penned during the Exodus wanderings after the Hebrews had been delivered from hundreds of years of captivity in Egypt. Surely, after generations in a pagan land steeped in polytheism, God’s people were in need of instruction. Genesis was God’s way of introducing himself […]

In the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul addresses head on the subject of weakness and suffering. It is a vulnerable attempt by Paul to both defend his ministry as well as to model gospel-centered humility. The church in Corinth was in need of both messages. The Corinthians lived in a developed urban center, an […]

Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled… God is the great Giver. None in all creation has ever given the way God gives. God gave himself to us in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. And because of the deep mystery of the triune Godhead, […]

For God so loved the world that he gave… There are few verses in the Bible as well known among Christians as John 3:16. Even in popular culture there has been a general awareness of this verse of the Bible, most notably due to the rainbow wigged man whose t-shirt displayed the reference in national […]

God is generous. We often acknowledge this in principle and appreciate its truth but practically speaking it can often frustrate us and cause us to be envious of the way others have been blessed. We often mistake the economy of the world with the economy of God’s kingdom where we can be fooled into thinking […]

For from him and through him and to him are all things. Paul’s epistle to the Romans is the most complete single explanation of the gospel in the Bible. By the time we reach the end of chapter 11 we have read about the comprehensive nature and consequences of sin, the gospel as the vindication […]

Psalm 132 is the longest of the Psalms (or songs) of Ascent. We do not want to make more of this fact than is warranted. However, considering the two great themes of the Psalm, its length, relative to the other Psalms of Ascent, seems to coincide with the importance of its subject. It refers to […]

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Of all the passages of Scripture which refer to the birth of Jesus none is so well known as Luke’s account. Some people have only heard those words through the voice of Linus in the quite […]

“…in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” The opening verses of Genesis chapter 12 have been called by some the most important verses in the Bible. Hyperbole? Perhaps. And yet it is certainly a helpful overstatement because what is described in these verses is an event which will shape the rest […]

In our sins we have been a long time… It seems appropriate that Advent is celebrated as the days grow shorter and the nights longer. Many of us enjoy the extended hours of darkness this time of year because it gives the lights hung on trees and houses longer to shine. Indeed, many of our […]