In other words, everything that God is and does is holy. Psalm 99, which celebrates God’s majestic holiness, describes His holy reign over all creation, His holy righteousness expressed in justice, and His holy relationship with His people.
Read MoreAs divine warning shots, those past acts of judgment merely foreshadowed the judgment that God still has yet to unleash upon the earth. Zephaniah prophesied that there is coming a time in which the whole earth will be consumed (cf. Zeph. 1:18).
Read MoreUnlike Jonah, who was a messenger of grace to the city of Ninevah one hundred years prior, Nahum was a messenger of judgment. Writing decades before the fall of Ninevah, during the reign of King Manasseh in Judah, Nahum not only predicted the outpouring of God’s wrath upon Assyria, he pronounced it—and for good reason.
Read MoreAside from the Psalms, no other book is referenced in the New Testament as much as the book of Isaiah. Thus, whether you are familiar with Isaiah’s prophetic word or not, your theology has been heavily influenced by it.
Read MoreSo the question is this: if you are a public school teacher, will you use the “preferred gender pronouns” of students (and perhaps faculty) who are engaging in the sin of transgenderism, or will you boldly maintain your Christian commitments regardless of the cost?
Read MoreWhether you are studying the Bible on your own, walking through it with your spouse, teaching it to your children, or learning it in your local church, I trust that this will serve as a blessing to guide you in fruitful study.
Read MoreThe god who is like a three-sliced pie, a 3D cube, or a three-pronged “fidget spinner” can be represented by fun object lessons, but that god cannot save anyone. Thankfully, though, the one true God of the Bible—to whom there is no comparison—can.
Read MoreAs you consider incorporating this note-taking system into your own study habits, may God grant you the diligence “to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15).
Read MoreWhether you are studying the Bible on your own, walking through it with your spouse, teaching it to your children, or learning it in your local church, I trust that this will serve as a blessing to guide you in fruitful study.
Read MoreThus, Psalm 46 captures the praise of a rescued people who realize that God’s protection has no limit, God’s power has no equal, and God’s preeminence has no end.
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