The Story of Conquering Love

Beautiful

In Proverbs 31, King Lemuel sets down to write as he recalls “the utterance which his mother taught him”. These are the words that a mother installed into her son…

Rom 12, Pr 31

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…

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

Kingdom of the poor

Gospel, The Kingdom of God breaking through Questions:In Deuteronomy 15:11, God states that the poor will never cease from the land, what did this indicate about the “Promised Land”? Reading:In…

Is 61, Rm 03, Lk 16, Rm 05, Col 1, Is 55, 2 Cor 08, Deut 15
The poor

Letter to Jehovah Witness: What is the Trinity? AKA What is Love?

I kept this short, but I think it will help give you a basic idea of the Trinity (I sent you before some resources as well that explain the…

Php 2, 2 Cor 10, Acts 22, 1 Cor 06, Is 44, Rm 10, Ex 15, 1 Cor 13, Deut 04, Deut 32, Gen 11, Jn 17, Mt 22, Is 45, Ex 20, Eph 3, Jl 02, Is 52, Gen 02, Acts 10, Ps 082, 1 Pt 3, Deut 06, Mal 1, Mt 28, Is 43, Acts 02

God hides so he is approachable

As discussed earlier (here), God has postponed the Day of the Lord, the day of our judgment . . . by hiding himself. And because of this we have hope,…

Deut 18, Ex 20, Deut 30, Ps 034, Ps 145, Ex 19, Gen 03, Ps 032, Rm 10, Hb 12, Acts 17, Ps 103, Rm 01, Ex 34, Hb 10
Hidden God in an evil world

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 day before the throne

throne in an ornate interior of a church

The death of Shemei Solomon looked at the man standing before his throne and proclaimed, “You know in your own heart all the harm that you did to David my…

1 Kg 02, Gen 02, Ex 19, Gen 03, Rev 20, Mt 11, 2 Sam 14, 2 Pt 3, Ps 032, Rm 10, Hb 04, Rev 22, Ex 33
Hidden God in an evil world

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, Mt 24, Jn 18, Acts 02, Mt 02, Acts 01, Mt 28, Rev 19, 2 Pt 3, 2 Cor 02, Rm 10, Hb 02, Rev 12

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 power of the Word

“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”I thought about titling this: Why Calvinists evangelize? For the word of the Lord is upright,and all his work is…

1 Cor 01, Hb 11, Ps 033, 2 Pt 3, Rm 10