Strangers and Exiles: Longing for a Better Country
Yesterday, we faced the fact that the Christian life is filled with disappointment, suffering, and sacrifice. Abraham and countless other saints with him never actually lived long enough to see the fulfillment of God’s promises, so that they lived their entire...Strangers and Exiles: Sacrifices in Life and Death
Now, it would be easy to give a romanticized, rah-rah sermon about how we can move from rags to riches, grave to glory, valley to mountaintop by faith based on Hebrews 11:8-12, which we looked at yesterday. But Hebrews 11:13 stops us dead in our tracks, reminding us...Strangers and Exiles: Obedience by Promise
Abraham is the patriarch of faith. The author of Hebrews does mention other people before coming to Abraham in chapter 11 (Abel, Enoch, and Noah), but Abraham has a unique role in blazing the trail of faith for following in his footsteps to become strangers and exiles...Living and Walking with God By Promise
Post Series on Genesis 13:1-18: Picking up the Pieces After Sin By Promise (Genesis 13:1-4) Leaning on God’s Sovereignty and Grace By Promise (Genesis 13:8-13) Living and Walking with God By Promise (Genesis 13:14-18) When Lot chose the well-watered Jordan...Leaning on God’s Sovereignty and Grace By Promise
Post Series on Genesis 13:1-18: Picking up the Pieces After Sin By Promise (Genesis 13:1-4) Leaning on God’s Sovereignty and Grace By Promise (Genesis 13:8-13) Living and Walking with God By Promise (Genesis 13:14-18) As we look at Abram in Genesis 13:8-13,...Picking up the Pieces After Sin By Promise
Post Series on Genesis 13:1-18: Picking up the Pieces After Sin By Promise (Genesis 13:1-4) Leaning on God’s Sovereignty and Grace By Promise (Genesis 13:8-13) Living and Walking with God By Promise (Genesis 13:14-18) In Genesis 12, we read about how the great...How does the Doctrine of the Trinity Regulate our Worship?
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: On the other hand, [John Owen (1616-1683)] insisted that the Christian’s experience of God be molded by God’s trinitarian self-revelation. Why is the biblical doctrine of the Trinity crucial for Christian...The Danger of Neglecting the Holy Spirit
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the danger of neglecting Word and prayer for ministers of the Gospel as an affirmation and response to Kevin DeYoung’s insightful post about how easily we neglect the Word in and prayer in ministry. A further danger exists,...Why is it Important to Experience God as Trinity?
A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life in a Year: Furthermore, the experience of God as the Trinity confirms and strengthens faith in the doctrine of the Trinity. [John Owen (1616-1683)] wrote, “And this is the nature of all gospel truths, they are fitted and...Download My Free eBook
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