Why is marriage so important? The Bible describes God not as one powerful being, but as three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – who have always known and loved each other with complete commitment. And when they decided to create human...
God calls Israel to himself in order to make them a kingdom of priests. The guarantee and goal of this covenant is his presence in their midst, living in the tabernacle and making his dwelling with them. Ultimately, the tabernacle is a sign and promise of the future...
Passover precedes commandment. God first delivers his people Israel out of slavery in Egypt and only then does he tell them how he wants them to live in the Ten Commandments. In other words, our relationship with God is based upon his action to rescue us from sin and...
Itβs true that different people find different particular things beautiful, ugly, or plain. This seems to validate the notion that beauty is subjective, that there is no accounting for taste, as the saying goes. But everyone agrees that eating really delicious food...
The gap between how great God is and his desire that we take great delight in him and his work is met by the eternal promise he makes with his servant Abraham. This covenant commits God to us in such a way that, while we're called to serve him in fear and joy, he...