Jesus Is Our Great High Priest
Jesus is our great high priest who offers Himself for our atonement, which means He steps in on our behalf and pays the penalty and consequence for our sin. As […]
He’s Not Here! A Theology of Remembrance
Harvard Professor Ernest Wright said this: in biblical faith everything depends upon whether the central events actually occurred or not. In Luke 24:1-12 we see one of the central truths […]
The Fame of the Crucified King
Calvin Miller said, “It’s difficult to look at a naked, beaten man and see anything kingly about him. How odd that in the fullness of time, Herod would be remembered […]
A Clear Vision Of Tomorrow Clarifies My Choices Today
In Luke, Jesus is sharing some things about the future that are intended to instill comfort in an otherwise uncomfortable climate/culture/context; confidence and hope in an otherwise hopeless situation. But […]
Who Is This Jesus?
Christ is the great central fact of the world’s history. To him, everything looks forward or backward. All the lines of history converge upon him. All the great purposes of […]
Who Is This Jesus?
Emmanuel came to little Bethlehem because there simply was no other way to fix what sin had broken. Jesus tells us in Luke 2:21-42 that He is the Divine Son and the He’s about His Father’s business: saving sinners.
God: Keeper of Promises
How would you finish the following sentence? I never thought I’d see the day when _________________. Simeon, in Luke 2:22-40 declares that his eyes have finally see the salvation of […]
Trust the Word of God
In the angel Gabriel’s interaction with Zechariah we see the declaration that the people of Israel had been waiting for: the coming of the Rescuer/Deliverer! Zechariah’s son was going to […]
What Do You Sing About?
What would you celebrate wildly and without inhibition? Someone who had cancer but hears the word, “you’re cancer free”? Someone who you’ve been praying for to become a Christian and […]
Jesus + Nothing = Everything
Our confidence, trust and hope should be in the person of Jesus not what we bring to the table (i.e. our spiritual resumes). The Apostle Paul had an impressive resume […]
