What Sin Requires
Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. Death is the end of sin (Rom. 6:23; James 1:15). Sin has entangled…
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The Most Important Lessons Children Should Learn Before They’re Adults
1) That Children Would Fear the Lord Colossians 2:2-4 “…that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s…
A Reflection on James 1
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness…
Reading the Bible – Chronologically
Reading the Bible just makes sense. Reading plans are a dime a dozen. This does not negate or lessen their value, however. But it does make for difficult decisions on which reading plan you use.…
Romans Tag Cloud
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Living with Kingdom Distinctiveness
There is something significant that happens in Daniel 2 that the English reader typically misses. When Daniel 2:4 says: ‘The Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic’, the entire text thereafter shifts from Hebrew into…
Why Christianity is True
People are diverse: hair color, hair texture, eye color, shapes of the mouth, one ear is slightly higher than the other, one foot is bigger than the other, not to mention personalities, social scenes we…
Luke 15: The Prodigal Sons
The Prologue and Context of Luke 15 “10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments [robes] of salvation, he…
The Gospel of Isaiah
As my study of Scripture continues, my Gospel-Centered approach is evermore strengthened particularly in the Old Testament. Generally speaking, every act of God consists of all three members of the Trinity. Each member participates- different…
Your Right Hand Upholds Me
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 63:1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in…