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  • God’s Lovingkindness According to His Law: Reflecting on Psalm 119

    God’s Lovingkindness According to His Law: Reflecting on Psalm 119

    The psalmist reflects on the Law of God. The Law is good. It provides the path to happiness and satisfaction in life. It even facilitates a just and equal society. The Law has many benefits, but I have to wonder about salvation. No one perfectly keeps the Law. All people sin and fall short of…

  • Basic Rules for Just and Prosperous Societies- Exodus 20:13-17

    Basic Rules for Just and Prosperous Societies- Exodus 20:13-17

    Verses 13-17, the last five commandments in the decalogue, carry the same spirit as the first five. Why does God instruct a society not to permit murder within its borders? A society where people are permitted to kill one another without just cause cannot survive or prosper. Instead, for any society to live long and…

  • Cain and Abel

    Cain and Abel

    Humankind has sinned. They have received a gracious punishment and generous promise. Though they chose death, they will live. Though they were defeated, they will have victory. The seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent and his seed. Humankind now lives outside the Garden of Eden. The man is cultivating the…

  • Immaturity in the Church

    Immaturity in the Church

    Paul desires to build maturity that leads to unity in the Corinthian church (1:10). He determines to know nothing but Christ and Christ crucified but speaks the depth of God’s wisdom to those who are mature (1-2). Paul believes the Corinthian church is in Christ (1:4-9), He also recognizes that her puffed-up knowledge leads to…

  • One Cannot Love Without Also Hating

    One Cannot Love Without Also Hating

    Saul has been accusing David unjustly. Last week, we saw David ask Jonathan to observe the evidence on his behalf—effectively accusing Saul. We looked through the Old and New Testaments to see how Jesus actually instructs us to judge our neighbors justly. In fact, that is what it meant for someone to love his neighbor…

  • Why can’t I be more like (insert name here)? (John 21:20-25)

    Why do we define success according to the accomplishments of others? The human condition is such that we ask ourselves questions like: “Why am I not as popular as (insert name here)? I know I have more talent.” “Why didn’t I think of that, or have that idea first?” “That person is not a very…