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…
Category: Exegesis
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,…
Freedom of the Will
Jonathan Edwards says that people have a free will, the freedom to choose, but that “the mind chooses as it does because of motives.” John Gerstner puts it this way: “Your choices, as a rational person, are always based on various considerations or motives that are before you at the time. Those motives have a…
Psalm 8 – A Study on the Kingdom of God (1 Week)
David opens Psalm 8 with these words: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. (ESV) Yahweh is proclaimed here…
Being a One Woman Man – A One Week Study
Our hearts may be willing, but our flesh is weak. Download this one week study designed to help men focus on their calling of Being a One Woman Man. With special thanks to Douglas Wilson for his fine work on this topic, which provided much guidance for this study.
A New Creation: A Homily on Genesis 3:1-19
How many of you have heard of Curious George? Almost every night when my son goes to bed, he wants me to read the story of Curious George to him. Of course, it always starts out the same way: “This is George. He was a good little monkey. And always very curious.” And each story…