The Cities of Refuge as a Picture of Christ
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, He was far more than just a Jewish boy born to poor parents in less than auspicious circumstances. He was, as John 1 tells us, God who, “became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Let’s look at how the cities of refuge is a picture of Christ. Throughout…
An Introduction to Typology
When Jesus came into this world, He entered a scene that was thousands of years in the making. It was His making – intentionally crafted to reveal who He was and what He came to accomplish. The more we understand of how God set up this scene, the richer our picture of Jesus becomes. Along…
Once and For All
In His first advent, Jesus came as a newborn to His creation. Yet His first breath on earth was not His beginning, for He is eternal and has always been. Fully God and fully man, He came to be the much-anticipated Great Mediator. Redemption’s story did not begin in Matthew but instead began in Genesis.…
Facing Temptation
Matthew 4:1 tells us that “Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” While there, Satan tried hard to get Jesus to go “off script,” to take the easy way out, to place His own physical and emotional needs above His mission. You can read about it in…
God Makes Himself Known Through Nature
In a previously posted article (God Makes Himself Known), I gave a brief overview of the whole idea of revelation. In this article, I want to focus on one of the vehicles God uses to tell us about Himself. Theologians break down revelation into two camps: general revelation and special revelation. J.I. Packer explains general…
In Christ! Meditations for Thanksgiving
Are you looking for reasons to be thankful this year? Have the past few months been so difficult that you are having a hard time believing you can do as Paul says and “be thankful in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)? Here’s an idea. Open your Bible to the epistle to the Ephesians, and take…
What Can You Do Without Him?
I was recently reminded of a song I learned years ago: Without Him I could do nothing Without Him I’d surely fail Without Him I would be drifting Like a ship without a sail. (Lyrics: Mylon LeFervre) But the sad truth is, most of us would sing it “Without Him I can do anything,” as…
God Makes Himself Known
Our story begins, in a sense, in Genesis 1:26-27 when “God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the…
If Any of You Lacks Wisdom
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you” (James 1:5) How many of us have read James 1:5 and thought, yes! That describes me. But, on the other hand, how many of us have recognized our need of…
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