One part of God's covenant with Abraham was the promise to give his offspring the promised land of Canaan. For centuries God's people held on to this promise of a future home in which to live in peace and righteousness with their Creator God. Jesus fulfills...
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...
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...
The gospel is not a philosophical concept but a new reality created by the death and resurrection of Jesus and lived-in presence and power of the Holy Spirit. This reality comes to full expression in Christian community – where forgiveness, truth-telling,...
In this epistle reading, Paul reminds the Romans that God specifically chose them before the world. And those he chose he also justified and glorified. Paul then explains the implications of this message, it means that nothing can separate them from the love of God....
