Christ The Humanity of Jesus: Increasing in Wisdom 4 Jun 2013 I can be a real moron. If you knew me in high school you would not have been impressed with my intellectual prowess. I had neither book smarts, nor street…
Christ… The Humanity of Jesus: Empowered by the Spirit 28 May 201331 Jul 2014 The call to follow Jesus is a startling call. It’s startling for many reasons, but particularly so when we consider the divinity of Jesus. How can we be expected to…
Christ… The Humanity of Jesus: Why Does It Matter? 21 May 201322 May 2013 Why emphasize the humanity of Jesus? What’s the point in focusing on this one narrow aspect of the nature of Jesus Christ for the next several weeks? It is certainly…
Biblical Theology… Jesus: The Fulfillment of the Prophets 17 May 201218 May 2012 They saw a kingdom! The ancient prophets of the Old Testament were commissioned by God to call the people of Israel to repentance, to warn them of judgment, and yet…
Books… Read Slower: A Review of “Loving The Way Jesus Loves” by Phil Ryken 12 Mar 201213 Mar 2012 "The" is not a verb! At least once a semester I have to repeat something like this. I teach English Composition at a local college in our town and because we…
Biblical Theology… Son of Man and Suffering Servant: King Jesus in the Gospel of Mark 14 Feb 201215 Feb 2012 Titles and labels can be extremely important, especially when they are self-designations. How a person refers to themselves says something important about who they believe they are and what they…
Christ… Better than Wonderbread: Jesus Feeds Five Thousand 1 Feb 20122 Feb 2012 *The following is a modified transcript of a lecture I gave at Shawnee State University's 9th Hour, a student run Christian organization on campus. It drives me crazy that we…
Biblical Theology… Cutting and Covenant: A Christological Look At The Abrahamic Covenant 31 Jan 20121 Feb 2012 Usually when we think of an agreement or contract we are thinking of two people making a pledge and a pact to honor an agreement. While there are elements of…
Biblical Theology… Exodus: Fulfilled in Christ 26 Jan 201227 Jan 2012 Creation, law, worship. These are the three themes that we've been examining from the book of Exodus. We've seen how the point back to the start of the story of…
Biblical Theology… The Doctrine of Revelation: The Storlyine of Scripture (Part 20) 27 Dec 201128 Dec 2011 In the beginning God created a garden, and He put man and woman in that garden to cultivate it and to expand it and to build up a world of…
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