The Story of Conquering Love

The Gospel is for the believer – Part 10

To Him alone be the glory And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and…

A sound foundation in the chaos of the end time interpretations

low angle photography of gray stone house on boulder

We often look at the end times with trepidation, but there is a sound foundation that makes the raging storm feel calm.

Covenant Theology, Eschatology, Adventure, Beauty, Held, Story, Kingdom, Biblical Theology
Peter, Melchizedek, Apocolyptic, Timeline, Temple
God's Love, Wrath, King, The Word
Maturity, Pursuit of Holiness, Calling, Identity in Christ, Fight/Growth, Gospel
Royal Priesthood

Hb 12, 1 Kg 05, Rev 12, Mt 24, Jn 18, Acts 02, Mt 02, Acts 01, Mt 28, 2 Pt 3, Rev 19, Rm 10, Hb 02, 2 Cor 02
Difficult texts

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…

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

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

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…

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

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, 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

“and on this rock”

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church Matthew 16:18 On this rock I will build my church The term “church” means…

Is 08, Mt 07, Mt 21, 1 Cor 03, Mk 12, Hb 12, Lk 20, 1 Pt 2, Ps 118, Rm 09, Gal 1, Jn 06, 2 Cor 05, Is 28, Mt 16, Acts 04, Eph 2, Rev 21, Dan 2, Eph 4
You are Peter

Futile suffering in this world

a person standing behind a plastic curtain

The Problem of Futile Suffering I listened as an atheist admitted that the most difficult quandary for him in believing in God is the presence of pointless suffering. He could…

Apologetics, Adventure, Beauty, Romance, Held, Story, Kingdom, Deconstruction, Biblical Theology, Covenant Theology
Doubt

Ecc 01, Ps 080, Is 11, Is 25, Jn 03, Rev 22, Gen 02, Num 06, Rm 08, Rev 21, 1 Cor 13, Ps 016
Hidden God in an evil world

The day before the throne

throne in an ornate interior of a church

This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. The death of Shemei Solomon looked at the man standing before his throne and…