Revelation is composed of four visions, and the vision we read in 21:1-8 is the final one. This vision is of the City of God in its final, perfected state. In theology, we call it the consummated City of God. The stunning and overwhelming joy of this...

Over the next three Sundays, I am going to unpack what I believe is The Mission of Second. As I have gotten to know our church and our city over the past year, I think the Lord has particularly equipped us to fulfill the universal mission of the...

This is a familiar passage of Scripture to us because the central portion of it (vv. 25,26) inspired one of our most beloved hymns, And Can it Be:

 

Long my imprisoned spirit lay, fast bound in sin and nature’s night; thine eye diffused a quick’ning...

In v.11 we come to another major transition in Acts—the addition of Luke to Paul’s missionary team.  We know he joins them because this is the first occurrence of the plural first person, “we.”  It is also interesting to note that Paul and his...

In the last study, we saw the first significant internal conflict in the Church which eventuated in the Jerusalem Council.  Now we see a very significant conflict arise between the two foremost missionaries in the Church, Paul and Barnabas.  The...

What is it that makes you angry?

 

By answering this question, we begin to discover what it is we love, because when something we love is threatened, we get angry.

 

Steve Garber, the author of The Fabric of Faithfulness and a professor at the...