Look at the Book

Preaching, reading, thinking, praying can only get us so far. God must open eyes, awaken souls, enlighten minds, and answer prayer.

That the riches of Christ are unsearchable means that heaven will never become boring — that joy in God will never end.

We need grace to be saved, and to be kept saved. We need power to be made alive, and continual power to be kept alive.

The wonder of the cosmos is how wicked men can boldly approach the throne of the Holy One.

Reading is essential in the Christian life. But not just any reading will do. We must be good readers because God wrote a book.

Were men like the apostle Peter wrong to question the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s people? Was it hinted in the Old Testament?

The great mystery revealed to Paul was that the Gentiles, former enemies of God, would be brought near by the blood of Christ.

The apostle Paul so believed in the goodness of God that when he suffered and was imprisoned for Christ, he counted it all as grace.

Do you hunger to be with God’s people? God is experienced in our gatherings in ways he cannot be experienced alone.

Are there still prophets today? And how did the prophets function alongside the apostles in the early church?

What exactly is the relationship between Israel in the old covenant and the church in the new?

We lived in fear that we would face the God of wrath in our sin, until Christ came and died so that we might call God, “Father.”

The crescendo of our salvation is that, together with the rest of God’s people, we have God as our Father.

The fundamental problem in our societies is not strife between man and man but strife between God and man.

The reason that Jew and Gentile are now one new man in Christ is because the law has been abolished. What does that mean?

The people of Christ cannot simply give up and walk away from each other in conflict, because we are a part of the same body.

In ripping down the barrier between God and his people, the cross also tore down the barrier between us as people.

All who do not have Christ do not have God. And those who do not have Christ and God do not have hope. So, do you have Christ?

If we are not Jews, is it right to say that we share in the covenant promises of the Old Testament?

Do you have to become an Israelite to enjoy the promises of God? The answer, far from being straightforward, might surprise you.

Gentiles were born apart from Christ, apart from God’s people, apart from God’s promises, apart from hope, and apart from God.

Why is circumcision, of all the different things that could have been, the sign of the covenant between God and Israel?

Forever and always the banner of eternal life reads, “Salvation belongs to the Lord.” This fact will forever bring us low and lift our praises high.

The apostle Paul commands us to remember and to forget in his letters. When should we remember, and when should we forget?

Jesus was not American, not African, not Asian, not European. The Messiah came as a Jew from the Jews, and that matters.

In every good deed, God is active and working. Even our good works will ultimately be ascribed to the glory of God.

In Christ, we get a new legal standing before the judgment seat of God and a new nature to live before men.

Christ has not only saved us from the wrath of God, but transformed us and saved us from the sinful nature that destined us for that wrath.

God saves sinners by his grace alone to obliterate all human boasting in his presence. Is this good news for sinners?

If I am commanded to believe the gospel, is faith something I create, or is it a gift of God?

God’s purpose in saving his children is to show them his eternal kindness toward them in Christ forever.

We embrace, delight in, receive, live in, experience the miracle of being remade in Christ through our faith.

Without our consent, without our approval, without our say, God decided to save his own.

God has saved us. God is saving us. God will save us. All are true. All are necessary. All are glorious.

Grace loves to shine the brightest for the most undeserving and the most unable to save themselves.

Being alive to Christ is a real experience, just like being dead to God is a real experience. What is it like?

Does God love everyone in the world? Does God care about both the elect and non-elect in the same way?

Where would we be today, or in a thousand years, if God were not rich in mercy?

It always takes immeasurable power to raise the dead to life. Every Christian has an amazing testimony.

When Christians say that we are “saved,” what exactly are we being saved from?

The plight of all humanity is that we are lovers of sin and sons of disobedience. This makes us by nature children of wrath.

Apart from Christ, we were so sinful, so wicked, so rebellious that Scripture called us children of disobedience.

The ruler and authority of the air is the same as the god of this world. The whole world lies in his power — for now.

Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. We do not think the same or act the same because we serve a different Master.

Anyone who assumes he is free and independent apart from God is in reality enslaved to the world and a lackey of Satan.

What is the difference between sin, sins, and trespasses in the Bible?

Keep sharing the gospel with friends, families, and neighbors. People are still being saved. Power still exists in God’s great news.

What does it mean that mankind is dead in their trespasses apart from Christ?

Being dead apart from Christ does not mean you are inactive, unable to do anything in this world. It means you have no love or appetite for God.

All ethnic groups stand condemned apart from Christ. And all people from every ethnic group can be redeemed by the blood of the cross.