
Christocentric or Christomonic?
Many of us have joyfully welcomed the renaissance of Christ-centered preaching that churches in North America have undergone in recent decades. For some it has been an old practice to…

Many of us have joyfully welcomed the renaissance of Christ-centered preaching that churches in North America have undergone in recent decades. For some it has been an old practice to…

Most Christians inwardly, if not outwardly, groan when they arrive at a genealogy in their Bible reading. This is a shame. The genealogies are wonderful and I love studying (not…

In the first post in this series we examined four useful principles in studying the book of Psalms. They were as follows: 1. Is there a common theme between the Psalm…

At a recent conference, I sat and listened intently to a lecture in which the participants were challenged to read the Psalms, not after…

I was recently introduced to the phrase, "going-to-hell sin." This intrigued me because, from my own studies of Scripture when I was a young Christian, I always thought it was…

In the previous two posts in this series (see here and here), I sought to set out the Exodus principle as we observe it applied both to individuals and to…

Having given brief consideration to the Israelites exodus from Egypt, we observed, in our first post, five elements to the idea of the “exodus” principle. First, we observed that Exodus…

The “Exodus” principle holds a profoundly important—yet, often overlooked—place in the Christian life. Many are under the impression that there was only one “Exodus” in the Scriptures – Israel’s coming…

This is the second part in a series of posts on the Sermon on the Mount. You can read the first installment here. In the last post of this series…

In seminary, we were taught that a sermon should never be about the man who preaches it. John the Baptist’s creed, “He must increase, but I must decrease,” (John 3:30) is…