Luke tells us the key question "What does this mean?" Jesus was risen and ascended and could have treated Jerusalem very badly or ignored it. He chose to send the…
In the events and actions of the Day of Atonement we see a pre-figuring of Christ's work of salvation. Now he is ascended this is complete and, as the Israelites…
The secret or mystery of the gospel. 1. How does Paul know this secret? We were all orphans, widows and foreigners. Paul is now Jesus ' prisoner. Every moment of…
The stone and the guard said "no entrance" but could not enforce "no exit". Peter might have thought that Jesus wouldn't wish to see him again but Jesus is so…
Israel trusted in themselves and oscillated between fear and self confidence. Caleb trusted not in himself but in God. We look forward to opportunities but also see threats. We need…
The only way of salvation is through God's grace and faith in Jesus. The dying thief could offer no works but was saved by asking Jesus for mercy. We have…
In Christ we have so much. We can know God better and have a never ending future with hime. His power is available to us.
We all have a desire to belong and may try to make ourselves lovable to get the other person to commit. Jesus takes us as we are. The Holy Spirit…
The Triune God gives us blessings beyond our imagining, taking us into fellowship with him, giving us Jesus, adopting us as sons and daughters. The price was the death of…
When the church lives differently the church grows but also faces opposition. In the shadow of the temple Paul focused on Jesus not on blaspheming Diana. In 1 Corinthians Paul…