Finding A Man After God’s Own Heart
We've repeatedly emphasized several key ideas in this blog series. First, God made human beings as his image bearers so that they might exercise his rule and reign over the…
Failure and Exile, Yet Hope for Redemption
In this blog series we have set out to examine the nature of the term gospel. But in order to fully understand the gospel, we've had to work very hard…
Abraham, Israel, and Covenant Blessing
In the last blog, we set out to examine the gospel, and I had proposed that the typical understanding of the gospel in most evangelical circles is too small. As…
Is Your Gospel Too Small?
Gospel is a very "church-y" word. Yes, it sometimes finds its way into every day conversations. For instance, people occasionally talk about the "gospel truth", meaning something rock-solid, trustworthy. But…
Why Seek the Living Among the Dead?
Luke 24:1-7 "The women went to the tomb in the very early morning of the first day of the week, carrying the spices they had prepared. They found the stone…