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The Joy: Filled up and overflowing in the Gospel
Post Series on 1 John 1:1-4: The Joy:...
The Fellowship: With the Church, with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ
Post Series on 1 John 1:1-4: The Fellowship: With the Church, with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3) The Joy: Filled up and...
The Proclamation: The Word of Life has been Made Manifest
Post Series on 1 John 1:1-4: The Proclamation: The Word of Life has been Made Manifest (1 John 1:1-3) The Joy: Filled up and...
Three Glorious Days, Part III: Easter Sunday
Mark's account of the resurrection is by far the most enigmatic of the gospel writers: When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week,...
Three Glorious Days, Part II: The Sabbath of Holy Saturday
Of Holy Saturday--the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday--little is written. In Mark's account of the Three Glorious Days, we only read that Friday had been the , and then the narrative jumps...
Three Glorious Days, Part I: The Day of Preparation
The day we call "Good Friday" was a Day of Preparation for the people of Jerusalem, where they were busying themselves to prepare for the rest of the Sabbath. This Day of Preparation, however, was special, because it fell during Passover, where they annually relived...
Lamentations and Good Friday
Mark's account of Jesus' crucifixion deliberately alludes to book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poems (dirges, really) to "lament" and mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. Particularly, Mark draws from Lamentations 2:15-16 to influence Mark 15:29-32*: “And...
But Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
Post Series on 1 John 4:7-21: But Perfect Love Casts Out...
Whoever Abides in Love Abides in God, and God Abides in Him
Post Series on 1 John 4:7-21: Whoever Abides in Love Abides in God, and God Abides in Him (1 John 4:13-16) But Perfect Love Casts Out Fear (1 John...
If God So Loved Us, We Also Ought to Love One Another
Post Series on 1 John 4:7-21: If God So Loved Us, We Also Ought to Love One Another (1 John 4:7-12) But Perfect Love Casts Out Fear (1 John...
Christian Exegesis at its Best
I cannot remember a time when I have relied as exclusively on a single commentary for a sermon I prepared as I did this week with Phillip Cary's masterful work Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2008). In page...
God’s Stubborn Mission
When Jonah tried to flee God's call to preach to Nineveh, God sent a storm to destroy his getaway ship. When the sailors threw him overboard in terror, God appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah up for three days. When Jonah prayed for deliverance, God caused the...