One of the blessings in my life is that I had an amazing father-in-law. John Alise was not only a man of God but he was also a great high school math teacher and football/baseball/wrestling coach. One of his pet peeves was when someone would say something along the lines of, “I’m trying my best,…
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Lessons and studies from the Bible
Jesus the Great High Priest
Jesus is fully God, and Jesus is fully man. In our previous post, we looked at three reasons why it’s important for Jesus to be human, but there’s one more reason we need to see. A fourth reason that Jesus had to be human is so he can be our great high priest. Not just…
Read MoreThe Importance of the Humanity of Jesus
When I was in seminary in New Orleans, we would often head down to the French Quarter, especially to have café au lait and beignets at the Café du Monde. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. One day I was walking in Jackson Square and glanced over at a clown making balloon animals….
Read MoreThe Humanity of Christ
One day as Jesus and his disciples traveled through Samaria, they came to a well near the village of Sychar. The disciples headed into town to buy food, but Jesus, “wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well” (John 4:6). Jesus was tired, and he was thirsty. He was human. A…
Read MoreThe Importance of the Virgin Birth
Jesus is 100% percent God. We’ve talked about this here and here and here. Jesus, though, was also fully man, and the starting place in any discussion of the humanity of Christ has to begin with how Jesus came to be human. So let’s talk about the Virgin Birth. The virgin birth, of course, is…
Read MoreThe Deity of Christ
One day Jesus was involved in a conversation with some Jewish religious leaders. He wasn’t pulling any punches, going so far as telling these leaders that their true father was Satan. Not the meek, mild image of Jesus some folks have is it? The leaders responded by claiming that a demon was causing Jesus to…
Read MoreIs Jesus God?
Not many of us like to study theology. We know it’s important, but we don’t want to sit through a seminary class or read a 500-page book on theology. We know what we believe, and we’re comfortable with that. “Going any deeper will probably just confuse me,” we say. But I would argue we should…
Read MoreAre You Frozen by Fear or Following God?
As the nation of Israel approached the promised land, Moses sent twelve spies to gather intel about the land and its people. After forty days, the spies returned and gave their report: And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is…
Read MoreLet Us Draw Near, The Curtain is Torn
On the long journey of Israel through the wilderness, God provided the nation with instructions for the tabernacle, which we looked at here and here. The tabernacle itself had two rooms, the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. The Most Holy Place was considered the very throne room of God the King and was…
Read MoreDrawing Near to the Throne of Grace
On Israel’s long journey to the land of promise, God gave the people his law, which included instructions on the tabernacle, which represented the presence of God with the people. Why were such detailed instructions given? For starters, the tabernacle was a copy of what’s in heaven (Hebrews 8:5). If you want to know what…
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