Today there is a faulty perspective of Jesus that is extremely dangerous and seductive. This is exposed by David Platt in his book Radical. In a blog David wrote, We American Christians have a way of taking the Jesus of the Bible and twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable with.…

We will become like what we behold. Greg Beale observes: “God has made humans to reflect him, but if they do not commit themselves to him, they will not reflect him but something else. . . . We either reflect the Creator or something in creation.” In other words, it’s in our nature to bear the image…

The story of Jesus temptation is more than a story that teaches us how to overcome the temptation to sin. It is the story that sin has been overcome. Today’s text provides help for the believer’s journey in sanctification. However, it’s primary purpose is to help the believer to understand what was necessary…

I’m amazed at how receptive people are to The Christmas Story as told in Scripture. Baffled by the acceptance of a message that for 51 weeks is ignored. Stupefied at the general public's enthusiasm and emotional embrace of a story that is designed to disrupt their lifestyle equilibrium. Therefore, it…

Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he…

The book of Malachi is a 15-minute summary of the entire Old Testament. I’m not saying you should read it and not the rest of the OT, but you’ll find almost all of the primary OT themes in it. From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and…

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard,…

One of life’s most puzzling problems has been the enigma of the presence, persistence, and power of the evil, pain, and suffering experienced by mortals. ‘Why’, we all seem to ask, ‘is this happening to me? Why is all of this necessary? Will there never be an end to the mental distress which comes from…

The first six chapters of Daniel teaches us how live in a in the midst of Babylon. The book of Daniel provides a godly pattern for living in an evil age. The prophet (1-6) and the prophecies (7-12), the man (1-6) and his message (7-12). b. 7 through 12 deals with his message: i. 1 through 6, the prophet,…