Posts filed under Biblical Theology
Resolved (Part 2)
A morning news show listed most popular New Year's Resolutions for 2015. Exercise, lose weight, and spend less time on digital devices made the list. Nothing inherently wrong with those. But these from the pen of Jonathan Edwards are better and richer:
Resolved
'Tis the season for resolutions. A brother in the church with me recently sent me this very practical blog post from Tim Challies concerning making resolutions that stick. I commend it to you:
Gratitude: Our Weapon
As a preacher, my bread and butter is verse-by-verse, or passage-by-passage exposition of the Scriptures. This normally means preaching through Books of the Bible. The advantages of this kind of expository preaching ministry are manifold, and have been expounded upon by men far more qualified to speak to the subject than me. For my purposes here, just suffice it to say I do not do as well in the pulpit when trying to come up with topical sermon series.
Sin and the Gospel by the Numbers (Pt 5)
I hope by now my few but faithful readers are seeing just how much gospel is in the Old Testament Book of Numbers.
Sin and the Gospel by the Numbers (Pt 4)
God promised to give Israel a good land called Canaan. Poised at its edge, Moses sent spies into Canaan. Two spies believed God and wanted Israel to go in and take the land. Ten spies disbelieved God and gave a cowardly report.
Sin and the Gospel by the Numbers (Pt 3)
"And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron" (Num 14:2).
Sin and the Gospel by the Numbers (Pt 2)
In our last post, we uncovered some eternal gospel truths out of Numbers Chapter 12. We come now to Chapter 13, where we read of Moses sending spies into the land of Canaan (The Promised Land).
Sin and The Gospel by the Numbers (Pt 1)
I've taken on the task of reading through the Bible in the last six months of this year. Typically I read through the Word each year, but spent the first half of this year doing a somewhat different reading plan. But decided to now go back and sweep through God's Book in 6 months, which has me currently in the Book of Numbers.
Waiting
I hear it when I go to Wal-mart....when I stand in line at subway...when I do business at the bank....everywhere I go...
Jumbled has left me Tumbled
Oh my word! Really? Really, really God? Are You awake? Are You at work? Do You have any idea what is going on? Have You lost complete control? Must I do everything?