My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
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…
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,…
Sitting and wrestling with the hearts of unbelievers
The Light and Heat of the Gospel When dealing with someone who is struggling with the idea of Christianity and asking the question of why they should believe in the…
The Father did not despise the shame
The story of hiddenness Questions often have presumptions We all have heard that “there is no such thing as a bad question.” Though in an important sense this is true,…
Things that go bump in the night
Things go bump in the night As a child you may have woken up in the middle of the night with darkness all around you and as the shadows creep…
The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation, version 2
The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (Colossians 1:15, ESV) And to the angel of the church…
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…
The Covenant of Peace – the Melchizedek/Levitical Priesthood
There is covenantal nature of God in his relationship with mankind. While many are familiar with the Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, and Davidic covenants in the Old Testament, there is one…