Old Testament
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Why did God choose Abraham? Genesis 12 reveals that biblical election is not primarily about privilege but vocation. God called Abraham by grace so that through his family, Israel, and ultimately the Messiah, His blessing might reach all the nations.
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The book of Job doesn’t give us a simple formula explaining human suffering. Instead, it exposes the cruelty of blaming sufferers, defends honest lament, and reveals a God whose wisdom exceeds our limited understanding.
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Joshua’s conquest narratives are difficult and often misused in modern political conflict. Christians must read them within Israel’s covenantal story and through the cross of Christ. The promised land is never a blank cheque for conquest, displacement, or religious nationalism. Jesus calls His church to pursue truth, justice, mercy, and the healing of the nations.
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God’s Word isn’t just a gentle whisper or a comforting light—it’s an unstoppable fire. Like Jeremiah, who described God’s message as a burning flame he couldn’t contain, we discover that the truth of God is powerful, disruptive, and impossible to ignore. When the Word grips you, it compels you to speak and act, no matter…
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Jeremiah wept for a faithless nation, bore their guilt, and was hated for telling the truth. Sound familiar? His life points forward to Jesus—the ultimate Prophet who didn’t just warn, but saved. This essay explores how Jeremiah’s sorrow, rejection, and burden foreshadow the mission of Christ.
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There’s a familiar comfort in the idea that God keeps His promises. Many of us hold onto verses of reassurance and hope, the kinds that speak of restoration, rescue, and future blessing (Psalm 119:50; Romans 15:4). But the Bible won’t let us forget the other side of the coin: God also keeps the promises that…
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God always comes to man first in grace, and it’s for His sake not for our sake.
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(Revelation 18:4-24) Then, “I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people,” – this is a direct allusion to Jeremiah 51:6, 9, 45 that dealt with the Jews returning from their exile in Babylon, and it’s just an allusion to that. It seems to be God or Christ is speaking here,…
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“…The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness;…” Ezekiel 33:12 The man who is wicked, the man who lies, cheats, and steals, and…
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I don’t think the basic predisposition of God is judgment. I think the basic stance of God is love (cf. Ezek. 33:11). Some people view God as the ‘Hanging Judge of the universe’ that has a big gavel ready to smash you like a bug if you step out of line. He’s just waiting to…