24-0317: God is sovereign and worthy of all honor, glory, and praise because He holds life in His hands and gives eternal life in His Name. Daniel is called in for another Babylonian king, Belshazzar, to interpret a writing on the wall. He tells him that he too, like his predecessors, have hardened their...
24-0310: God is sovereign and worthy of all praise and honor and is able to humble those who walk in pride before Him. Daniel is again summoned by King Nebuchadnezzer to interpret a dream. This time it is a warning from heaven, but he does not heed it. When stricken the king is put...
23-0917: God, who is sovereign to save, calls His people to be a faithful witness so the nations can hear and believe. Jonah goes to Nineveh to preach the message God gave him, but he is not thrilled about it. The text seems to show that he gave no extra effort, only the bare...
A church like Ephesus, highly committed to doctrinal diligence, was not only necessary to guard against, but one could argue, produced by the demand that arises from the false teachings and teachers that came so prolifically from a hyper-religious culture. No one sets out to abandon God’s love, but many wake up one day...
20-0412: The willing and worthy King laid down His life so that you, by faith in Him, could be raised up with Him to new life. Against the world super-power of the Roman empire, Mark reveals the ultimate power of Jesus Christ. He captures Jesus’ true power on earth not by demonstrated feats of...