The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.
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09/23/26
David finally found the truth that it was not his seed of kingship but the promise made to Abraham that made him holy. From that, David refused to be moved and wrote this Psalm by the necessity of the Spirit as the assurance of faith. The law never made a man holy, not even one as robust as David; yet faith did this great thing without lifting a finger.
09/18/26
Today, the longing for cultural Christianity on both the left and the right hearkens back to an older version of Christendom that was a mixed blessing for the church in the western world. The cultural mediation of Christian views on created order has certainly benefitted the civilization we’ve inherited. But the gospel itself isn’t something that can be reduced to cultural mediation either. Instead, the gospel as a message stands apart from all human accomplishments and achievements, no matter how beneficial they might be.
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08/05/21
The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story.
08/05/21
The Old Testament is a long, strange book that’s not easy for modern readers to understand. What is understandable, therefore, is that people can get lost and confused when studying it. Here are three common misconceptions about it.
07/29/21
We are not saved by the success of our refining process. We are saved precisely because our impurities, no matter what the percentage, ruin the whole thing.
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07/24/21
Ascertaining the what and how of the Church greatly factor into the very purpose of the Church, that is, they essentially answer the question why the Church?
07/21/21
Through the often abominable and lamentable and occasional commendable season, there is one who remains unmoved by it all.
07/20/21
The Christ Key: Unlocking the Centrality of Christ in the Old Testament by Chad Bird is now available to order
07/19/21
We do not have to endure the pain and suffering of this fallen existence forever, just for a little while.
07/16/21
When we read about Noah, we are reading backward to Adam and forward to Jesus.
07/15/21
Blessed are we, for we are filled by the cornucopia of Christ’s righteousness.
07/13/21
But Jesus didn’t see it that way. He saw his arrest not as the kingdom’s program being thwarted but as it being “fulfilled.”
07/08/21
The only one rightful heir of the kingdom of God, inherits from us, our cross, and descends into the kingdom of the damned.
07/07/21
Christ strikes a blow first against the presumption of those who would storm their way into heaven by their good works.
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