Christians are saved by grace. No action of ours, or even a decision, saves us. We are saved because God gives us a new heart with which we are irresistibly drawn to Him. Yet Scripture also makes it clear that we will never make it to heaven if we don’t kill our sin and walk…
Category: Exegesis
Are You Enslaved to Laziness? Proverbs 26:13-16
Most of us don’t think of laziness as fatal. But John Piper lays out the deathly, eternal ramifications of unrepented laziness in this great discussion of Proverbs 26:13-16. And provides these questions to assist our study of this passage: What is the difference between laziness and rest? How can you tell whether you are doing…
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Many people understand the book of Revelation as portraying what is going to happen at the end of the world. This comes from what is known as the pre-millennial view, popularized in Tim LaHaye’s and Jerry B. Jenkins’ Left Behind series, which is a recent interpretation pushed by dispensationalists. Rather than see the Bible as a portraying the unfolding of God’s covenant…
Where is Your Hope? The Structure of Isaiah
I love reading learned theologians who mine the depth and richness of Scripture. Two of those show up in the article in this post, David Dorsey and Peter Leithart. Building off of Dorsey’s analysis of the chiastic structure of Isaiah, Leithart points us to the central point of Isaiah: The central narrative section is embedded…
The Kingdom of God – An Overview
The Kingdom Defined “The kingdom of God can be defined as the new world order that Christ established in His life, death, and resurrection and ascension, a new order of things that will be fully revealed and established only at Christ’s return.” – Peter Leithart “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” – Matthew 4:17…
An Overview of Joshua
Joshua’s Placement in the Bible The Jewish canon is divided into The Law, The Prophets, and the Writings. Joshua is contained in The Prophets In the Christian canon, Joshua is usually considered to be a historical book. David Dorsey includes Joshua as part of the historical conclusion of the books of the law, which is…
Feasting on Christ: A Bible Study on Love
My new book, Feasting on Christ: A Bible Study on Love (available on Amazon and as a free pdf download), is the first in the Feasting on Christ Bible study series. This study was originally prepared for use in prison. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t have an application for those who have never been to…
Two Paths – A Study of Proverbs 18
There are two paths that people follow in this world: The Path to Destruction (Proverbs 2:12-19): “For [the] house [of the seductress] leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.” The Path of Righteousness (Proverbs 12:28) “In the…
Bearing the Fruit of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22) Are you experiencing these things in your life today? If so, what can you do today to thank God for these great gifts? If not, what can you do to submit to God in obedience and serve…
Your Throne, O God, is Forever and Ever
The kingdom of God is one of many themes provided to us in Scripture to help us better understand what God is speaking to us. For Christ in His earthly ministry, the kingdom of God took center stage. He (along with John the Baptist) began his ministry with it: From that time Jesus began to preach,…