Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
Dear friends, if there is one universal human experience we would all prefer to avoid, it is suffering. Pain, grief, disappointment, and sickness are unwelcome guests in our lives. When the storm hits, our immediate and natural reaction is to ask God for a way out. Yet, if we look closely at Scripture and the…
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The Story’s Climax and Our Place in It We’ve walked from creation to catastrophe, from promise to people, through law, sacrifice, and presence, into the age of prophets and kings, and inside the heart-cries of wisdom, worship, and suffering. All along, the Old Testament has been building tension and expectation: The New Testament opens and…
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Dear friends, imagine someone hands you a beautifully wrapped gift. You thank them, take it home, and place it on a shelf in your closet. Years go by, and the box gathers dust, unopened. It sounds absurd, doesn’t it? Yet, this is precisely what many of us do with the spiritual gifts God has graciously…
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How the Gospels Present Christ as the Culmination of God’s Story Up to this point in the series we’ve been moving through the Old Testament, watching God’s plan unfold: Now, in this blog, we finally arrive at the point where all the threads converge:the coming of Jesus in the Gospels. The New Testament does not…
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Dear friends, if we were to sit down over a cup of coffee and talk honestly about our greatest daily struggles, I imagine many of us wouldn’t point to outward circumstances. Instead, we would point to the invisible, relentless battlefield of the mind. Anxiety, comparison, insecurity, and fear often camp out in our thoughts, slowly…
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How wisdom, worship, and suffering prepare us for Christ’s rule By now in this series we’ve seen: But the Old Testament doesn’t only tell us what happened in Israel’s history. It also gives us a window into the inner life of God’s people—how they thought, felt, worshiped, doubted, rejoiced, and suffered. That window is the…
Dear friends, if you have walked with the Lord for any length of time, you likely know the quiet, sometimes painful, yet ultimately beautiful tension of the Christian life. We know we are forgiven and loved, yet we still stumble. We desire to be holy, yet we find ourselves battling the same old habits. If…
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How Israel’s Throne and God’s Word Point to Jesus By now in this series we’ve seen: In this fourth part, we come to two of the most visible features of Old Testament life: kings and prophets. God gives Israel kings to rule and prophets to speak His word. But as the story unfolds, one thing…
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Shadows of a Greater Reality We’ve seen God’s rescue plan begin with creation, then the catastrophe of sin, and then His promise to Abraham to bless all nations through his offspring. That promise grows into a people—Israel—rescued from Egypt and brought to God at Mount Sinai. Now the question becomes unavoidable: How can a holy…
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Following Christ is not a one-time decision—it’s a daily journey of becoming more like Him. As followers of Jesus, we are called to reflect His character in our words, attitudes, and actions. Yet, this transformation doesn’t happen by accident. It grows through intentional daily choices that shape us into His likeness. Paul reminds us in…
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