It is a question that has haunted humanity since the Garden of Eden. Job and his three friends wrestled vigorously with it before admitting utter defeat. Parents who have lost young children have heard its seemingly endless echo. Children who have had to…
Though separated in history by about a thousand years, David wrote in stunning, graphic detail of Jesus’ crucifixion. Like Isaiah 53, Psalm 22 is a crown jewel in the Scriptures’ treasure trove of predictive prophecy. In this psalm of David, set to “The…
Humans—wearied and scattered by sin—are like sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36). Jesus, whose birth was first announced to “shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks” (Luke 2:8) is the Shepherd Par Excellence. Psalm 22-24 depicts why this…
NOWHERE in Scripture does God say that walking by faith is easy. Luke 9:57-62 records Jesus’ encounters with three potential disciples. His responses to their individual interest are weighty. To the final would-be follower, He stated, “No one, having put his hand to…
“Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by…
“Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 5:20-21). Send article as PDF…
“(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a…
“Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ So, when the woman saw that the…
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12). Send article as PDF
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned…But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace…
