Why is there still sin and suffering in the world if Satan has been legally cast out (John 12:31) and Christ has won the victory at the Cross? If you can see…
Why is there still sin and suffering in the world if Satan has been legally cast out (John 12:31) and Christ has won the victory at the Cross? If you can see…
Satan comes at us with a cheap imitation of the abundance we already have in Christ. All Satan wants us to do is forego all this “dying to self” talk (Luke 9:23-24). Satan wants to offer us a quick and easy way to the good life, but he doesn’t tell us the full price. It’s a cheap imitation, it’s far more costly, and it won’t last.…
The Gospel of John begins by presenting the incarnation to us. Incarnation is God putting on humanity. The first verse says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the……
Open Exodus 14:13-15. A friend was preparing to preach on this text: “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord!” He planned to say that salvation is the work of God. I can’t earn it. I can’t c……
Last week we began looking at temptation from about 50,000 feet, culminating in an overview of the temptation of Jesus as he inaugurated his public ministry. Today, we will dive more deeply into that time in Jesus’ life. Hunger The first temptation of Jesus presented in the gospels involves hunger. Jesus had been fasting for……
Armour of God? When did he wear it? The armour of God: something God provides for us, or something God himself wears? Isaiah 59:17 describes the Lord putting it on: He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head. When did God put armour...…
New Jerusalem is the center of the new creation and the throne of God and the Lamb is the center of New Jerusalem. Flowing out from the throne is “a river of water of life, bright as crystal.……