The Very First Christmas Songs
Christmas is indeed a wonderful time of the year. For many folks, Christmas music is an especially enjoyable part of the season. In order to meet this demand, some radio…
The Ultimate Power Struggle
We learned in last week's blog that Christmas is all about the confluence of religion and politics. Christmas is of course religious in that it's a part of the unfolding…
Why Are We Justified by Faith?
We're working our way through one of Paul's most spectacular pieces of writing - namely, Romans 3:21-31. Here Paul has announced that God's very own righteousness has been revealed. In…
Restoring Israel’s Fortunes
We noted in the last blog that the true worship of God cannot be separated from obedience to God's commands. Specifically, we looked at two passages from the prophets: Isaiah…
Tough Predictions
Baseball legend Yogi Berra once quipped, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." This humorous statement is especially true regarding climate. It goes without saying that the earth's…
Carbon, Carbon Everywhere
We learned last week that levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have risen steadily from 280 ppm in 1750 - before the industrial revolution - to 419 ppm in 2021.…
Why Does It Matter?
We began this series ten blogs ago by looking at the typical understanding of the gospel within the evangelical world: 1) Our sin has separated us from a holy and…
Another King
How did the first Christians declare the gospel? What words and phrases did they use? And crucially, how does their gospel compare with the gospel we hear in present day…
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…