The Gospel

We should be very willing to learn principles of redemptive interpretation that the New Testament writers employed and exemplified. From these principles we learn that the more common approach to understanding the redemptive nature of all biblical texts is to identify how God's Word...

My family loves the movie The Greatest Showman. It's the (highly embellished) account of P.T. Barnum's rise to success. There's a moving scene where his prospective father-in-law tells Barnum he'll never be good enough for the man's daughter. He says...

I recently had a conversation with an older brother in Christ who was diagnosed two years ago with multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer.

Have you struggled with addiction or know someone who has?

How much bad news do you need? How much good news? And is there a right mix? More personally, have you found it?

Waiting for anything feels like a complete waste of time. Waiting for God to move or answer seems even worse. Lamentations 3:25—27 shows us the value of living in the space between suffering and restoration. Lament serves us well as we mourn and wait.

When Peter first meets Jesus, Jesus looks at him and he says, “You're Simon Bar-Jonah.” In our modern day we'd say, “You're Simon Johnson, son of John, but you're going to be called Cephas.” In our day, if somebody gives someone another name, it tends to be because they see some kind of potential in them.

The gospel is not ultimately about us or how we can improve this world or ourselves. Rather, it’s about Christ.

How long will we be dealing with COVID-19? How long will these government restrictions last?