If you've ever watched a cooking show, you have seen how often judges criticize contestants for showing restraint with salt. This is...

“The New Testament is full of quotes and allusions that show that the two Testaments are intimately connected. Indeed, it is clear that...

In this post, I want to complete a teaching on Christ’s mediatorial work exercised through His three roles of prophet, priest and king....

“Typology” is a study we need to become familiar with if we are going to see Jesus in the Old Testament. “A type is something emblematic...

Before we begin to trace the footsteps from Genesis to Revelation, I feel it is important to first understand Christ’s task and roles he...

Our family often vacations on the shores of Lake Superior and one of the activities we commonly engage in is skipping rocks. The Upper...

Does anyone really prefer a “maybe”? It depends on the question! Do I have cancer? Maybe. Will I win the lottery? Maybe. Those two...

Every New Year’s Eve I find myself wondering what the upcoming year will look like for me. What joys will surprise me? What newness will...

I have had the privilege, joy and sometimes burden of working with elderly folks as a pastor. I wrote that first sentence carefully and...

Today is the first Sunday of advent. There are so many themes to this season that have found me and hit me differently every year....

We must finish out Christ’s sermon by connecting the links of a chain. These last few sections are not random thoughts. They are...

Remember the two recurring themes of the Sermon on the Mount: Theme 1: “You have heard it said, but I say unto you.” D.A. Carson has...

Matthew 7:7-11 is yet another part of Christ’s sermon that when isolated, takes on an unintended meaning, but when kept within the...

Matthew 7:1-6 is a passage that has been ripped out of context in our culture today, and has been used to give permission and license for...

Carson writes in his book Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount and His Confrontation with the World , “Interpreting the Scriptures demands both...

The premise for the next section in Jesus’ sermon is to remember to keep God at the center of our heart's desires and affections. It is...

Martyn Lloyd-Jones says of this next section of Christ’s sermon that it is centered on life in the presence of God (Lloyd-Jones, 289). We...

Anger and divorce and the breaking of vows produces enemies. The fallout is conflict. Jesus is following the natural progression of sin...

We are living in a culture marked by influence. The word “influencer” has meaning not just in the realm of the ever-expanding universe of...

If the heart of the matter is the matter of the heart, then one of the goals Jesus had in His sermon was to reframe issues of...