Yearning For God Psalm 42 is the Psalm of a desperate person who yearns to be restored to God’s presence. His immediate circumstances are not known, except that he is far from Jerusalem, the sanctuary and the people of God. He suffers the taunts of the ungodly who oppress him with such questions, as “So […]
Believing in the Real Jesus The following quote is taken from Dr. R. C. Sproul’s St. Andrew’s Expository Commentary on the Gospel of John. His comment is based on the disbelief of Jesus’ own brothers as seen here in John 7:1 – 5. “After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about […]
The Glory of God I found the following word studies from the NLT Illustrated Study Bible (Tyndale Publishers) to be very interesting. It is true that we often get the wrong idea about the meaning of the “glory of God.” We have learned this misconception by the way our culture understands the word “glory.” For […]
Reformation Day – II Psalm 115 What is the Reformation? (Brief history of the Belgic Confession, 1561) Westminster Shorter Catechism – Question 1: What is the chief end of man? Answer: Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him. The Solas of the Protestant Reformation *Sola Scriptura, meaning “Scripture Alone.” The Bible is […]
God Demonstrates His Love In my prior post I addressed the question concerning the way in which God loves. I had said that without some clarification as to what God’s love is really all about, we are pretty much left in the dark. I also contended that the message of God’s love and peace […]
Yahweh’s Suffering Servant The following passage of Isaiah was most likely written toward the end of Isaiah’s ministry that spanned the years 739 BC to 701 BC. The passage concerns the Suffering Servant of Yahweh that finds its fulfillment in Jesus Christ well over 700 years later. Who has believed what he has heard from […]
Wilhelmus `a Brakel was a pastor and theologian from the Netherlands. He lived from 1635 to 1711. He is perhaps one of the most noted and loved theologian among the reformed churches in the Netherlands. His four volumes on Dogmatics are titled “The Christian’s Reasonable Service” (published by Reformation Heritage Books, Grand Rapids, MI.). His […]
The following article is taken from a blog posted by Matt Tully, based on the book The Son of God and the New Creation, by Graeme Goldsworthy (Published by Crossway Publishers. The article is a little long, but well worth the time to read. An Old Heresy The Apostle Paul’s references to our union […]
THUS SAITH THE LORD – PART 2 In part one of THUS SAITH THE LORD, I asked the following questions: “Does God still speak today? If so, how? Can Christians expect new revelation from the Lord, or has the time for divine revelation been completed with the last book of the Bible? Can any individual […]
THUS SAITH THE LORD Does God still speak today? If so, how? Can Christians expect new revelation from the Lord, or has the time for divine revelation been completed with the last book of the Bible? Can any individual declare a “thus saith the Lord” today? The answers to these questions are vitally important […]