Galatians 1:1-12 Early in 2025, I began a new series of Sunday School lessons on the book of Galatians. The following is a sermon I preached to introduce the series. Background The first four books of the NT are known as the Gospels. These tell the story of the coming of the New Covenant as … Continue reading Freedom of Grace, Part 1
Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth… 14 You are the light of the world. Traditionally, we have taught these two metaphors at the same time and expressed them in the same breath.Just after the preamble to the Sermon on the Mount – the part commonly labeled the Beatitudes – Jesus expressed what … Continue reading Similitudes: The Light of the World, Part1
In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus taught, as part of his Sermon on the Mount, that those who are called into the kingdom of God in salvation are, at the same time, called to be salt in the world and light to the world in which they live. Yet the calling to be salt in the first … Continue reading Similitudes Part 2: The Salt of the Earth Continued
When Jesus finished teaching the Beatitudes, He taught about the Similitudes. He taught that all Christians are salt and light. What exactly did He mean by these similes?
Anyone who has heard me preach or teach on more than one occasion will probably know that one of my “pet” subjects is the knowledge of God. I am convinced that one of the major weaknesses of the contemporary church is an insufficient and oftentimes an incorrect knowledge of God. Much of what we think … Continue reading What Was God Doing Before Creation?
In the United States, we are only days from Election Day 2020 and the selection of a new President of the United States. I believe that most of us will be glad when it is over, though many will not be satisfied with the results. For many people in the Christian community, the choice is … Continue reading How Should a Christian Vote in 2020?
Psalm 3 is a song written by King David, inspired by a devastating time in his family and in the life of the nation of Israel. (Visit this link to hear the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir sing from Psalm 3.) In response to the rebellion of his son Absalom, David, along with his immediate family and … Continue reading The Lord, Lifter of My Head, Psalm 3
Glory is one of those Bible words that we use loosely without being able to explain it or that we simply take for granted and pass over without stopping to study its meaning. What does the Bible means when it refers to the “glory of God”?
As anyone will notice who reads them, the Psalms are alive with human emotion, including not only peace, love, joy, and worship, but also anger, wrath, vengeance, and judgment. Many of the psalms were written in the midst of or in the aftermath of life-changing experiences. Many include annotations at their beginning explaining the circumstances … Continue reading The Lord, Our Shield, Psalm 3
Paul knew and taught that understanding the resurrection was critical in understanding the call of God to salvation. Yet Paul also knew that knowledge of the resurrection was useless apart from the context of God’s person and purpose in salvation.
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