Around the table with God
Jesus is God in the flesh. He reveals the heart, nature and intentions of God. When you read the gospel narratives through …
Jesus is God in the flesh. He reveals the heart, nature and intentions of God. When you read the gospel narratives through …
In John Doberstein’s The Minister’s Prayerbook, he discusses Martin Luther’s understanding of the development of a theologian. Luther believed that the “right way to study theology” …
Oswald Bayer wrote a fine book titled Martin Luther’s Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation. In this book he summarizes Luther’s thinking on what makes …
“If your desire is to support a fellow human in grief, you must create a ‘safe place’ for people to embrace their …
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a theologian positioned in a challenging historical situation. As a Christ-follower, pastor and professor he wrestled with the dynamic of …
In the previous posts on joy we looked at the Triune God as the true source of all joy and the biblical …
The Trinity is the source of all joy, it follows that nearness to him correlates to our experience of joy. If you …
Joy in this world must always be explored against the backdrop of sorrow. In 2 Corinthians 6:10, Paul describes the Christian journey …
There is nothing more intentional than the cross. It was the Triune design mapped before the foundation of the world (Acts 2:23, 4:27-28, 2 Tim …
Gospel witness is privilege and imperative. Called to proclaim the excellencies of him who called us from darkness to light we are …
It has been said that the ground is level at the foot of the cross. Calvary is the great equalizer. It is …
We have a lot to learn from angels. They are a model of loyalty, service, reverence, worship, holy curiosity and strength. We …
Assurance comes from turning our eyes away from our strength, our faithfulness and our obedience. Assurance happens to us as we focus …
“Post Tenebras Lux.” This is the Latin phrase that became the motto of the Protestant Reformation. It literally reads, “After darkness, light.” …
If there is one thing that should strike fear in a heart it is the certainty of divine judgment and the potential …
This poem is about Jesus as the Lion and the Lamb. He ferociously goes to the cross to sacrifice himself for us. …
Oswald Bayer in his book Living By Faith: Justification and Sanctification says something strikingly true about the human race. “The world of the court …
Andreas Kostenberger wrote a book on Excellence in scholarship. He argues that a theology of God’s excellence is the foundation of any …
From one angle, the storyline of Scripture is a story of grief. We are born into grief, grief is not something we …
Repentance is ownership. We own our sin. We own our failure before God. We own our rebellion. We own our iniquity. We …
I read an article this week on the benefit of doubt for our faith. The author of the article is Peter Enns, …
I have been working through a book by Walter Brueggemann titled Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now. I have …
Human beings are made in the image of God. This is an inescapable reality for every living person. It is true for …
Why were you born into your family? Why were you born at a certain point in history? Why were you born in …
God is spirit (Jn 4:24). God is one (Deut 6:4). God is love (1 Jn 4:8 ). God is faithful (1 Cor …