From Matthew 1-4 The gospel according to Matthew begins with a genealogy. Genealogies might not mean much to people today. But they were quite important to the Jews in the first century. This post is [ Read More … ]
The Scriptures give a reasonable amount of information describing what Jesus’ death on the cross has achieved. The following is a list of many of them. I got this from a little Birdy (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/2015/03/why-did-jesus-die-on-the-cross/). Ransom [ Read More … ]
The classic Protestant doctrine of ‘faith alone justifies’ cannot be reconciled with James’ statement to the contrary. ‘A person is justifed by works and not by faith alone‘. (Jas 2.24) This post takes a look at [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 20-22 Satan will be bound for a thousand years while Christ and his people reign for a thousand years. Following this period there will be a battle and Satan will lose (Rev 20.1-6). [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 17-19 The forces of heaven had just won a decisive victory against the great Prostitute, the Beast and Babylon (Rev 17.1-18.24). Following the victory they celebrate in Heaven (Rev 19.1-6) and prepare for [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 13-16 In today’s post John captures a couple ideas about Jesus blood spilling and death by describing the book of life in this way. This post is part of my bible in a year [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 9-12 In today’s passage the dragon was conquered by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. This is something to rejoice in. The forces of evil in the [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 4-6 Chapter four describes an awesome throne room scene with fantastic creatures and the leaders of the church worshiping the Lord God Almighty. They continually cry out and declare the worthiness of the Lord [ Read More … ]
From Revelation 1-3 At the time of writing the church was being persecuted and is having trouble internally. John has received visions from the Lord Jesus which address these issues and hopefully bring comfort. [ Read More … ]
From Jude 1 Keep yourselves in the love of God. The Christian life requires perseverance. A common element in the apostles letters. Jude’s instruction highlights this requires effort on the believers part. Under the grace [ Read More … ]