The Bible is God’s story of how He lovingly, wisely and patiently redeems and restores a wayward creation back to Himself. It is, therefore, not surprising that in the last book of God’s story that the central character of this Redemption Drama takes front stage. We would avoid so many interpretive dead-ends to the Book […]

In today’s reading, we cover the last part of the Letter of James, 1& 2 Peter and 1,2&3 John. In the early Church, only the Apostle Paul exerted comparable leadership to James (Jesus’ half-brother), and the Apostles’ Peter and John. James, the half-brother of Jesus, became the main leader of the Jerusalem Church after the […]

The Book of Hebrews was written to Jewish-Christians who were undergoing persecution for their belief that Jesus was Israel’s long-expected Messiah. They were tempted to turn back from following Jesus and reverting to living under the Mosaic Covenant. As a result, the Hebrews writer continually exhorts the Jewish Christians to persevere. For example, in Hebrews […]

Today’s reading again covers the letters of the Apostle Paul. The first 2 Letters are 1& 2 Thessalonians and the last 3 Letters are 1&2 Timothy and Titus. These last 3 Letters are known as Paul’ Pastoral Letters since he writes them to 2 young Pastors that he has mentored – Timothy and Titus. One […]

Today’s reading covers four of the Apostle Paul’s letters: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. The last three of these letters were written by Paul while he was imprisoned for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the characteristics of Paul’s writings is his passion for Jesus Christ and for Christ’s people, the Church. The […]

The Letters of Paul give us a great glimpse into his Pastor’s heart for the people of God. Paul certainly had his detractors in his day and even today some people don’t like him very much. When he was alive,  he was hounded and criticized by different groups within Judaism and outside Judaism. The Corinthian […]

In Romans 14 & 15, the Apostle Paul discusses what a Christian’s response should be in disputable matters (Romans 14:1). Specifically, he discusses the area of eating meat and the celebration of special days. In 1Corinthians 8 we have a similar discussion regarding the eating of meat. In both Letters, Paul uses these disputable matters […]

Of the many letters written by the Apostle Paul, none is more systematic in its presentation of Paul’s theology than the Letter to the Romans. Paul is preparing to meet the church at Rome for the first time (Romans 1:8-13). In advance of this visit, Paul writes them his vaunted Epistle to the Romans. This […]

In the great Book of Acts, we have an orderly account of how the Church and its Gospel message of a Savior spread from Jerusalem (Acts 1-7) all the way to Rome (Acts 28). Luke doesn’t give a detailed account of the first 20 years of Church history, but he does give us a good […]

In Acts 8:1-3, we have the the newly-formed Church scattered from Jerusalem by a great persecution in connection with the stoning of Stephen. He was the first martyr of Christ’s Church. In Acts 7 we have a great sermon of Stephen in which he recounts God’s faithful dealings with His people under the Abrahamic and […]