We live in two worlds. Jesus Christ is the Lord of both. Just as Jesus occupies a position of power and privilege in the heavenly realm so, too does He occupy the same position of power and privilege in our heart and mind.

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Colossians 3.1-4 | New Year, New Mind

Soon 2019 will be history. We can savor its joys but we cannot relive them. We can remember the sorrows, but we cannot relive them either. Onto 2020. Just as God gave us our daily bread in 2019 so He will give us what we need every day during 2020. Since He will give us what we need to live through 2020, we can trust Him to give us what we need in the future. We live by faith in future grace. By faith we believe the future is as bright as the promises of God. By faith we believe the promises of God are the foundation of a life built by trusting Him.

New Year, Same Trustworthy Hope | Isaiah 61.10-11

We live in a world starving for good news. We also live in a world drowning in good advice. And lest there be any confusion, they are not the same thing. Where good advice is information you decide to be either useful or useless, helpful or harmful, true or false; good news is information about an event which is true whether we choose to believe it or not.

Beautiful Feet Bring Good News | Isaiah 52.7-10

You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to recognize the dominant image in this passage is that of a stump. Yet when Isaiah delivered this prophecy, the nation of Judah was doing well and King David’s family tree, firmly planted in Jerusalem, was otherwise healthy and bearing fruit.

Stumps and the Promise of Hope | Isaiah 11.1-5

Every Advent we are reminded of a fundamental contrast. The same season in which we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ as the Light of the world happens during the darkest season of the year.

Isaiah 2.1-5 | A Season of Contrast, a Lesson in Hope

This the heart and soul of the gospel. Jesus was born to redeem us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. This is the good news about which we are reminded every year at Advent.

Galatians 3.10-14 | Nostalgic for the Future

The more we know the gospel the more we’ll trust in the trustworthiness of God. Just as the Galatians trusted the gospel and believed they were declared righteous by hearing with faith not by works of the law.

Galatians 3.7-9 | Bar Abraham Not Bar Mitzvah, Part 2

Inasmuch as the Holy Spirit uses experience to make the gospel come alive for us, our faith is not built on our experience. Our trust in Christ is founded on what the Bible says God says about our standing before Him.

Galatians 3.4-6 | Bar Abraham Not Bar Mitzvah, Part 1

As Paul uses it, calling the Galatians foolish implies they were not thinking clearly. They were neither idiots nor unintelligent, just very lazy intellectually. To quote that noted theologian Dr. Phil, the Galatians were guilty of stinking thinking.

Galatians 3.1-9 | O You Fools

Reformation Day celebrates more than just the recovery of the gospel as the true treasure of the Church. It celebrates the recovery of the one doctrine long considered to be the cornerstone of the Reformation—justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Galatians 2.19-21 | Not I But Through Christ in Me

The gospel introduces us to a new way of relating to God; one in which our sins our forgiven by the grace of God the Father through faith in God the Son, Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2.15-21 | Out of Step

From Paul’s gospel-driven perspective, what Peter did at Antioch was more than wrong; it was dangerously wrong.

Galatians 2.11-14 | Showdown in Antioch

Over the course of his ministry, the apostle Paul encountered his fair share of well-intentioned dragons. In fact, most of his letters were written in response to the activity of well-intentioned dragons among the churches he planted. Galatians is no exception.

Galatians 2.1-10 | The Gospel Tames Well-Intentioned Dragons

Paul's commission came through a direct revelation of Jesus Christ, therefore neither he, nor the gospel he preached, required verification either by another human being, or any human agency. Nevertheless, Paul often had to defend his authenticity as an apostle as well as the authenticity of his gospel.

Galatians 1.10-24 | Paul's Gospel is Blue Badge Verified

The letter to the Galatians, is Paul’s passionate appeal for the churches in Galatia not to abandon their newfound faith by turning to a different gospel.

Galatians 1.6-10 | No Other Gospel

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