Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
When the Apostle Paul sat down to write his letter to the Christians in Rome, he produced something unprecedented. No other New Testament letter so systematically unfolds the gospel—from the desperate need of humanity to the unshakeable security of the believer. Romans 1–8 forms a single, majestic argument that has shaped Christian theology for two…
“For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”— Jesus (John 18:37) We live in a world drowning in information but starving for truth. People speak confidently about politics, science, and society, yet…
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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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…
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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How God’s Rescue Plan Narrows and Expands at the Same Time If Genesis 3 shows us the catastrophe—humanity’s fall into sin and the curse that follows—Genesis 12 shows us the beginning of the cure. God does not scrap His creation or abandon His image-bearers. Instead, He initiates a plan to bring blessing and restoration, not…
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How the Bible’s Story Begins and Why Creation and the Fall of Man Matter to Us Today When you open a Bible, you aren’t just stepping into an old religious book—you’re stepping into a story. And like every story, it begins by introducing the main characters, the setting, and the big problem that drives everything…
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