Genesis and Revelation are more than mere bookends to the Bible. Their correlation is fascinating! One tells us how everything got started; the other, how everything will end. The garden with the forbidden tree corresponds to the city with the tree in its midst, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations. The nations […]

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Seems these days that whenever we tune into the news, there’s a new battleground in the culture war. Whether it’s abortion, book banning, critical race theory, LBGTQ rights, or transgenders, a fight is brewing somewhere. The left-leaning media is even using the label Christian Nationalists to describe (or defame) those who believe they are fighting […]

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“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, and like the early dew it goes away” (Hosea 6:4). This scripture is the anguished cry of a loving Father, spoken through the prophet. So much had happened leading up to […]

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If you were asked what the heart of the law is, how would you answer? It might depend on what we mean by the law. It can be narrowly defined as the commands given at Sinai (Exodus 20) or the whole legal corpus spanning from there through Deuteronomy. The law, or Torah, can also refer […]

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“So, David, tell me what you know of the story of creation,” Papa urged. “Well . . .” David responded. “I know the Bible says that ‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,’ but I’m not really sure if I believe that. I mean, how could that be true? You can’t just […]

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[Moses] said, “Please, show me Your glory.” Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Exodus 33:18, 19). I once viewed this scripture in the […]

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You may already be familiar with the story. Two trees stood in the Garden of Eden: the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Fruit from the first tree would have allowed Adam and Eve the privilege of walking in the garden and with their Creator for eternity. But […]

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When we think of the revelation of God in the Old Testament, we tend to think of verses like Exodus 3:14, where God said to Moses “I am who I am.” Or Exodus 34:6, 7, where God describes Himself as “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to […]

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It’s inevitable. At some point in life, the question begins to nag. No one is immune. Most often it seems to hit us in our teens, that turbulent time when we’re trying to sort out how this thing called life actually works. How to relate to those around us. How to fit in. It all […]

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During a recent conversation with my granddaughter, the subject arose regarding the androcentric essence of the Bible and the God who inspired it — a God who, so my granddaughter opined, relegates women to a lower or lesser status. In response, I would argue first that the Bible is replete with women and illustrates the […]

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What is a divine covenant? Our God is a covenant God, and the Bible tells His covenant story. From Adam to Noah, Abraham to Moses, and David to Christ, the divine covenants provide the unifying framework of God’s redemptive history. As a central theme of all Scripture, covenant reveals and orders the progressive purposes of […]

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The Great I AM The God who sees me cradles me — the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Door . . . the Teacher, Root to Vine to Branch, the Author and the Editor. Almighty Prince of Peace, the Lamb — Redeemer, Abba, Father, Son . . . the Morning Star, the Great Shepherd, […]

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