This week we begin a series on the doctrine of Scripture. What is Scripture? What role does it play in our lives? Why does God give us Scripture? This week we take a look at what makes the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures unique, which is that they...

In various contexts, we're all bombarded with confusing messages and ideas about our identity, and we’re constantly confronted with the fundamental question: "Who am I, really?”

Psalm 139 is a beautiful song of God that not only tells us...

What can a coronation vow of ancient kings tell us about how we can live with God today? In Psalm 101 the Davidic king describes how he will live and rule with integrity. History tells us how he failed again and again and the kingdom was cut off from...

This final scene of the book of Acts revisits themes developed throughout the book: the center of the Church's message, the invitation to the Gentiles, the need for the Spirit in salvation. As the book ends, we are left with an image of Paul...

Paul begins his journey to Rome, with the hope of appearing before Caesar. On the voyage, his ship is met with intense storm conditions. As the crew loses hope, Paul represents a unique bastion of calm, representing the role of Christian witness in...

Paul stands before King Agrippa and delivers his apologia pro vita sua, a justification for his life. Far from a legal defense, Paul's speech is a testimony. He is giving an account for the life that he has lived, and it is a life that owes all...

Paul now goes before the Judean governor Felix, accused by the Sanhedrin of inciting riots. As his enemies mobilize the court apparatus against him, Paul stands on his conscience. Having kept good conscience before God, he can make his defense with...

Paul is in the custody of the Roman tribune, but he is not yet out of danger from the Jerusalem leadership. A conspiracy forms to ambush Paul en route to the Sanhedrin. This passage reminds us that though the nations rage and its rulers plot, it is...

Paul enters the first of many court scenes that conclude the book of Acts. He is brought before the same body that condemned Jesus, the Sanhedrin, a group that knew Paul from his days as a zealous Pharisee. But now he comes before them, still...

Paul arrived in Rome, knowing that he would suffer for the sake of the gospel. But this wasn't a new discovery for Paul; in fact, he'd known that he would suffer for the sake of the gospel from the moment that he was called by God (Acts...