Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
What Jesus Accomplished for Us If Jesus is truly God the Son in human flesh, then the next question is unavoidable: What did He come to do? He did not come merely to give advice, set an example, start a movement, or offer vague spiritual inspiration. He came to do what sinners could never do…
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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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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There are certain truths in Scripture that, at first glance, can feel intimidating. Words like election, predestination, and sovereignty often spark intense theological debates. But what if these concepts weren’t meant to cause division or anxiety? What if, instead, they were designed by God to be the very bedrock of our assurance, security, and ultimate…
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Throughout the Bible, “the blood of the Lamb” stands at the very center of God’s saving work. From the first pages of Scripture to the last, God teaches His people this simple but profound truth: We are saved not by our goodness, but by the blood of a Substitute. In the New Testament, that Substitute…
“The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious,slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.”(Exodus 34:6–7, ESV) We live in a world that rewards strength, success, and self-sufficiency. Weakness is despised. Failure is mocked. Neediness is hidden. But the God of the Bible…
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