For Christians living in the resurrection world, the call to love our neighbor is not only something to be obeyed, but we are given all the resources that we need to respond to the call.

a facet of right relationships for the believer is the right relationship to governing authorities. In these verses Paul lays out God’s gracious ordination of the state and the Christian’s obligations with respect to it.

In light of the Gospel, that Jesus is the Saving King, Paul encourages the Christians of the day, and us that we must love without hypocrisy; with genuine affections for image bearers of God, especially those inside the household of faith. This love...

What does the embodied, will-of-God life that subverts the empire with sacrificial living look like?

Romans is a call to subversive generosity, hospitality, and grace-filled living in the face of an empire that would coerce conformity to ITS image. Our call is based on and powered by the renewing mercies of God which he has lavished on us without...

Carrying on in the work of the gospel with great joy because of the confidence we have that He who began this good work will carry it on to the day of completion.

We come to the end of Elisha’s life and the end of this prophetic era. But we find that like our continuing story of the grace the end is not the end, but the story goes on to a wonderful conclusion. Though the question remains, will we lay hold of...

In 2 Kings 9&10 we see God execute the justice that is in his heart through Jehu. Though these chapters are bloody and in the end Jeu proves unfaithful we learn important things about our God who does not forget injustice done to his people nor...

The Sovereignty of God is again on display as God deals with his people and the kingdoms of this world. This is a sovereignty that calls all to bow before him as we see both his compassion and his judgment.

God’s covenant children have responded in worship in the old covenant, the new covenant, and will in the new heavens and earth because of the security we have in Jesus.