ISRAEL, THE CHURCH, AND THE ETERNAL COVENANT •PART I
Do we really have two covenants in opposition and contrast, or rather one eternal covenant with different facets that progressively unfolds and renews itself in order to fulfill God’s purposes and demonstrate His faithfulness?
PROMISE & PURSUIT • ABRAHAM’S HOLY DREAM
“Abraham staked his entire life—and that of his covenantal son—on the dream given to him through promises: the city whose builder and maker is God.”
THE SON NOT SPARED
Passover & the Return of Messiah: The holy plot twist, and what it means for the next time He'll part creation to make a passageway.
CAPTIVES, HOSTAGES, AND PROMISES
If we want to have clarity today and endurance through our remaining tomorrows, we would do well to become literate in the prophets ourselves, remembering a critical principle: The Scriptures are no ordinary texts vulnerable to the scrutiny of our own wavering criticisms; we must submit to the Scriptures. The Scriptures are under no burden to submit to us.
UNDYING LOVE & DISCIPLESHIP
“The prophets and the apostles had access to that pain, they embraced it as their own, they felt it, and contrary to any intuition it obviously sustained them. It is counterintuitive and paradoxical indeed that pain could sustain, and build-up character. Unless that pain is the expression of undying love…”