Passion Week: Sunday - The King Is Here
Passover was a week away. Jerusalem was beginning to grow to over 5-times its size. And a “new” king was coming to town.
Passion Week: Behold the Man
In the next few days, churches all over the world will begin to think about, preach on, and celebrate Passion Week. That is, the last week of Jesus’s life on earth (until his return).
A Church Called Love (Part 3) Love Reigns Supreme
It [the new heavens and new earth] will be a world ruled by love, through the one who is love, with those who live in love.
He Descended to Hell?
Surely there can’t be a confusion between hell and paradise. Those two realities are more different than quite possibly anything else we could imagine. Jesus either descended to hell or descended to paradise.
Introduction to New Testament Greek with Kevin
Not everyone needs to learn New Testament Greek. But, oh man, it’s pretty fun to be able to.
Possible Spring Greek Course at LWCH
Those who are interested in New Testament Greek but don’t take up the challenge of learning it don’t do so because they don’t believe it’s doable. I, for sure, was one of those people.
A Church Called Love (Part 2): What is love?
If I say I hate asparagus, pretty much everyone knows what I mean. It means I really don't like it (which is absolutely true). Now watch what happens when I switch out asparagus for something else.
A Church Called Love (Part 1): “…but have not love.”
Burgers or pizza tonight?
What about burgers or pizza for the next 40-nights? What about for the next 10-years? Or, what about for the rest of your life?
With Just a Sentence
John Piper is fond of saying, “Books don’t change people, paragraphs do — sometimes sentences.” To his credit, he does quickly iron out this statement by explaining that he doesn’t think books are a waste of time—he’s written over 50 of them!—it’s just that it’s difficult told hold an entire thesis of a book in your head at once.
Exegetical Meditations (46)
If sin is a falling short of what God has called us to do and how to live (which I believe that to be the case), then idolatry is that which has brought us to the place where we have the possibility of falling short (i.e., sinning).