Category Archives: Theology

If you want to change culture, you have to be immersed in culture. If you want to change the city and reach people in the city, you have to be in the city.  One of my desires as a follower of Jesus is to see the gospel take root in the communities around me. IContinue reading “The Gospel and the City”

And Jesus came and said to them,  “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. AndContinue reading “Great Commission”

What is Passover? The Exodus of Israel from Egypt is central to understanding God’s redemptive plan and power. We can liken the deliverance of God’s people from enslavement as the Gospel in the Old Testament. Within God’s deliverance of His people is a display of signs through His servant Moses, which culminates in the Passover,Continue reading “What is Passover?”

When all the background information is not given to us in the stories which we read in the Bible, it is sometimes left up to us to speculate based on the societal norms of the day. We can form differing opinions to illustrate a point, and neither one is necessarily correct or incorrect. I sayContinue reading “The Samaritan Woman: Another Perspective”

A lot can be said in regards to Psalm 132. However, the passage I want us to look at specifically is verses 11-12. They read:  The Lord swore to David a sure oath    from which he will not turn back:“One of the sons of your body    I will set on your throne. If your sons keep my covenant    and my testimoniesContinue reading “Psalm 132: Faithful Promises”

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;    my eyes are not raised too high;I do not occupy myself with things    too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul,    like a weaned child with its mother;    like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord    from this time forth and forevermore. – Psalm 131 (ESV)Continue reading “Psalm 131: Humility”

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,    which cannot be moved, but abides forever.As the mountains surround Jerusalem,    so the Lord surrounds his people,    from this time forth and forevermore. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest    on the land allotted to the righteous,lest the righteous stretch out    their hands to do wrong. Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,    and to those who are upright in their hearts! But thoseContinue reading “Psalm 125: The Sure Foundation of the Lord”

I was glad when they said to me,    “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”2 Our feet have been standing    within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem—built as a city    that is bound firmly together,4 to which the tribes go up,    the tribes of the Lord,as was decreed for Israel,    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.5 There thrones for judgment were set,    the thrones of the houseContinue reading “Psalm 122: The Joy of Worship”

“And He (Jesus) said; ‘Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.’” – Matthew 18:3-4 Think about the children in your lives. They may be your own children, grandchildren, students, orContinue reading “Childlike Faith”

Emotion. Feeling. Sensation. Experience. What role do these play in the Christian life? We may push away emotion, experience, and feeling as too easily deceived by present circumstances, but the Psalms show us that God created us as emotional beings. Although we should avoid emotionalism, where our emotions drive our view of God, we alsoContinue reading “Ascend: Series Introduction”