Why do we celebrate Easter? Why did Jesus have to die? What was accomplished on the cross? What is important about Christ’s resurrection? Thabiti Anyabwile and Erwin Lutzer help us to think through these important matters.

In this article Ben Montoya encourages Christians begin to develop understanding of contending for the faith once delivered to the saints.  Ben explains an apologetic method that he has found particularly useful for engaging skeptics with the truth of the gospel.

Last Sunday hundreds, if not thousands, of churches celebrated the Fourth of July as a part of their Sunday morning worship.  Hopefully, I will convince you that this is anti-biblical! In April at the Together for the Gospel conference Thabidti Anyabwile spoke a sentence that, I believe, will shape 21st century western ecclesiology.  He said, [...]

How do you vindicate the actions of Israel with the way of peace that Jesus taught? How does “complete destruction” run parallel to “turn the other cheek?” To the careful and honest reader this creates a sincere question that takes thought to work through. We can’t come to the conviction that God changed his ways [...]

What is a covenant? We do not have covenants in our culture. When we make a business decisions, we make contracts. But, when God chose to reveal his relationship to humanity in redemption, he chose the covenant. In many situations, we want to take the Bible and apply it to our culture and transform our [...]

The Blessings and Cursings of the Covenant When God gave the covenant to Israel, he did not hide the outcome of their faith or faithlessness. Rather in Deuteronomy 28, He clearly told them of the blessings the nation would experience for their faith and obedience but also of the curse that would come if they [...]

God of the Covenant The first thing we see from Genesis 1-3 is that God is Creator. We constantly see in the Bible, that when something happens that is good, God is the creator or originator. We also saw by the example of Genesis 1-3, that when something happens that is bad, man is the [...]

Prophet Priest and King Within the life of every nation, there are certain officials and offices that move the nation along. Here in the U.S., we have senators, governors, mayors, the president, supreme court judges, and the list goes on and on. In God’s nation of Israel, he gave them three main offices: prophet, priest [...]

Temple The temple of God had a very unique and special purpose in Israel. I will not be able to capture the sense of wonder that accompanied the Temple. No story could explore the depths of the magnificence surrounding it, no fact could describe the splendor of its sight, and no amount of praise could [...]

The People of the Covenant, Israel We have seen the greater party of the covenant, God. Now we will look at the lesser party, man. By remembering the beginning of God’s relationship with man, it is realized that grace is given to build up a nation that knows God. We have talked about Genesis’ theme [...]