Generous God
Younger siblings usually go through a phase when they feel like they have to protect their world from the older siblings. My youngest used to worry about a food shortage. Whenever his older brother...
View ArticleHonest to God
In the last post, I said that we live for the good of others by being generous. Continuing in that vein, the 9th commandment teaches that we live for the good of others by being honest. “Do not lie,”...
View ArticleContentment: “Do Not Covet”
Now that we have worked our way through the Ten Commandments, we see what Paul discovered in Romans 7, namely, that we are guilty: “For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not...
View ArticleWhat Does the Lord Require of You?
Our lives are filled with expectations. It starts when we are born and never stops. Every parent expects and longs for their newborn son or daughter to begin walking and talking, which is funny,...
View ArticleAlready But Not Yet
The land is a major theme in Deuteronomy. God had delivered Israel out of slavery. But he didn’t deliver them so they could just be wanderers and exiles. He was taking them to a place! He was taking...
View ArticleGod’s Purpose for Relationships (part 1)
God gives us relationships for our joy. This was the design in the beginning, and it is central to our redemption in Christ. Jesus reconciles us to God (Eph 4:1-10) and to one another (Eph 2:11-21). In...
View ArticleGod’s Purpose for Relationships (part 2)
God gives us relationships for our maturity. Paul’s exhortation in Ephesians 4:1-3 is to “walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” It is not that we must create community....
View ArticleWalking in the Light (part 1)
The basis of any relationship is truth— the representation of things as they really are. I think this is John’s point about what it means to have fellowship with God and with one another (1 John...
View ArticleWalking in the Light (part 2)
How does the gospel help us walk in the light? In 1 John 1, there are three things related to walking in the light: confession, honesty, and cleansing. I want to consider briefly how the gospel enables...
View ArticleGod’s Purpose for Sabbath Rest
This past Sunday, Will preached on God’s intention and design for Sabbath rest by looking at the creation account in Genesis 2. He sought to answer three questions: 1) What is the purpose of Sabbath...
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