The Story of Conquering Love

We are a rebellious people

“Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. Remember and do not…

Jm 5, Hb 04, Jn 03, Jm 2, Duet 09

Good News, not good advice

back view of a romantic couple running in the middle of the wheat field

I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband,…

Pr 14, Hb 12, Mt 11, 2 Cor 11, Ps 032, Gal 3, Jn 06, Ps 034, 1 Jn 3, Ps 001, 1 Cor 01, Ps 051, Jn 04, Col 1, Is 66, Ps 063, Pr 27, Ps 141, Ps 073, Eph 4, Col 3, Ps 147, Php 3, Is 57, Rm 07, Jn 17, Gen 03, 1 Cor 13, Is 30
The Gospel is for the believer

The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation, version 2

Warning: this article is long and more technical. I am not just demonstrating who Jesus is as the firstborn and beginning of God’s creation, but I am also tackling many…

Story, Beauty, Romance, Held, Kingdom, Jehovah Witness, Adventure
Levitical Priesthood
Humanity, Firstborn, King, Priest, Right Hand, Son (Jesus)
Gospel
Royal Priesthood

Zech 14, Is 53, Tit 2, Rm 01, Ps 102, Hb 12, 2 Pt 1, Acts 04, Eph 3, Pr 09, Jn 20, Col 1, Jn 05, Job 42, 1 Pt 2, Jn 19, 1 Cor 12, Gen 01, Pr 03, Mt 25, Hb 01, Gen 12, 1 Cor 02, Rev 03, 1 Jn 4, Gen 02, Jn 12, Hb 03, Eph 4, Ps 089, Ex 33, Eph 1, Pr 08, Deut 06, Gen 03, Jn 03, Ps 019, Rm 08, Deut 32, Ex 24, Lk 02, Col 4, Jn 18, Is 06, Jn 01, 1 Pt 1, Jn 13, Deut 07, Num 06, Mt 13, Jn 02, Deut 05, 1 Jn 3, Jn 08, 2 Tim 1, Rm 10, Ps 002, Mt 24, Rev 01, Hb 07, Is 43, Eph 2, Lk 24, Rm 16, Gen 32, Jn 10, Is 45, Hb 04, Hb 10, Gen 18, Mt 28, Ex 32, Col 2, 1 Cor 15, Hb 02, Jl 02, Hb 13, 1 Kg 05, Gen 22, Php 2, Zech 06, 1 Cor 08, 1 Cor 03, Is 42, Is 28, Rev 22, Rev 21, 1 Cor 01, Jn 17, 1 Cor 13, Mt 03, Acts 10

The Sound of the LORD God walking

There is something more powerful than all the signs and wonders in convincing the heart that God is real - the Word. It is the preaching of the Gospel that turns the world upside down.

Romance, Story, Held, Kingdom, Theology, Biblical Theology, Covenant Theology, Apologetics, Adventure, Beauty
Adam and Eve
God's Love, Knowing God
Gospel

Acts 3, 1 Kg 19, Php 2, Jn 03, Ps 033, Num 06, 2 Pt 3, Rm 10, 1 Cor 13, Hb 12, Deut 18, Hb 04
Hidden God in an evil world

Wrestling with God

Sometimes hearing the Lord, comes from wrestling with the Lord as Jacob did. We know that He is our only hope. He alone has the answer. And so, we wrestle…

Gen 32

The Gospel is for the believer – Part 4

The Covenant of Faith “But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, so that, just as…

1 Cor 01, Hb 12, Gen 15, Rm 04, Jer 34, Hb 08, Gal 3
The Gospel is for the believer

The Covenant of Peace – the Melchizedek/Levitical Priesthood

What we were called to be When Adam and Eve were created and placed in Eden, God covenentally commissioned humanity to be a people who were a royal priesthood. They…

Hb 07, Deut 10, Eze 44, Ex 19, Mt 28, Zech 06, 1 Pt 2, Jer 23, Rev 01, Gen 29, Hb 06, Hos 02, 1 Sam 16:13, Num 18, Lk 07, Jer 33, Num 25, Gen 01, Gen 49, Mal 2, Ex 32, Hb 01, Is 55, 1 Chr 23
Difficult texts

The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation

BACKGROUND: The son of God, the son of man Then God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish…

Gen 01, Jn 12, Hb 03, Lk 03, Ps 089, Ex 33, 1 Pt 2, Pr 08, Deut 06, Gen 02, Jn 03, Ps 019, Tit 2, Deut 32, Ex 24, 1 Cor 02, Col 4, Jn 18, Gen 03, Jn 01, 1 Pt 1, Col 1, Deut 07, Num 06, 2 Cor 03, Jn 02, Deut 05, Mt 16, Jn 08, 2 Tim 1, Mt 25, Ps 002, Mt 24, Lk 02, Hb 07, Is 43, Mt 11, Lk 24, Rm 16, Eph 4, Jn 10, Is 45, Mt 13, Hb 10, Is 06, Ex 32, Col 2, Rm 08, Hb 02, Jl 02, Rev 01, 1 Kg 05, 1 Jn 3, Zech 06, 1 Cor 08, Rm 10, Is 42, Is 28, Hb 04, Rev 22, Eph 2, Jn 17, Gen 32, Mt 03, Acts 10, Hb 13, Zech 14, Mt 28, Rm 01, Ps 102, 1 Cor 15, 2 Pt 1, Acts 04, Pr 09, Php 2, Jn 05, Job 42, 1 Cor 13, Jn 19, 1 Cor 12, Eph 3, Pr 03, 1 Cor 01, Hb 01, Gen 12, Hb 12, Rev 03, 1 Jn 4

Be slow to speak, quick to listen

Listening If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. – Proverbs 18:13 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. – Exodus 20:16…

Why does God’s forgiveness end at death?

In Alex O’Connor’s interview with Cliffe and Stuart Knechtie (Why Does God’s Forgiveness End at Death? – The Knechtles – YouTube), he asks why God’s forgiveness ends at death. Alex…

2 Cor 10, 1 Kg 21, Rm 08, Mic 7, Rm 02, 2 Th 2, Rm 10, Jer 31, Is 30, Ps 098, Ps 010, Pr 01, Eze 18, Ps 096, Is 26, Hb 04, Eze 33, Lk 13, Is 16, Zeph 3, Is 01, Mt 23, Is 55, Zech 7, Jn 03, Dan 09, Acts 17, Mt 11, Jer 07, Neh 9, Ex 34, 1 Tim 2, Jer 05, Ps 089, 2 Ki 17, Ps 095, 1 Jn 3, Hos 3, Rev 22, 1 Chr 36, Lk 15, Dan 12, Hb 03, Jer 25, Lk 16, 2 Cor 07