But after prophesying the coming destruction and exile of the people, Jeremiah ended with a glorious promise that one day things would be better for those who trust in the Lord. There would come a time in which a godly shepherd would lead his flock properly. There would be a kingdom in which things were set right.
Read MoreThe evidence that Habakkuk understood all of this is found in the final chapter, in which Habakkuk uttered a lyrical, liturgical prayer expressing that he indeed would trust God no matter the circumstances.
Read MoreThough the days ahead are unknown, and the pandemic rages on, God is not done blessing His people and conforming them to the likeness of His Son. There is much heartache in this pandemic, but there is also much hope.
Read MorePastor, seminary president, and author Dr. Joel Beeke addresses this dilemma with the concept called “Reformed experiential preaching,” a phrase which also serves as the title of his five-hundred page treatise that answers, illustrates, and expounds upon this premise.
Read MoreOver the course of a half hour, we briefly touched on my personal background, the background to writing the book Expository Parenting, and various parenting issues.
Read MoreIn 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?
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