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Pentecost Sunday marks the day when Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit on some of His followers after His ascension back into the heavens. The church celebrates Pentecost 10 days after the ascension and 50 days after Easter. Some call this day "the birthday of the church" because over 3,000 souls in Jerusalem put their faith in Jesus (Acts 2:41).
The two major events of...
Today, Christians in the Western tradition celebrate "Ascension Day", commemorating the day of Jesus' ascension into the heavens to retake His place on His throne of glory. The church calendar marks 40 days following the day of His resurrection, according to Acts 1:3:
“He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.” (...
In all of the social media/blogging buzz on the grace of God, it is troubling to me that the second coming of Jesus has been largely absent from the discussion. According to Paul, anticipating Jesus' return was the goal of grace. Jesus' return will bring an end to all unrighteousness, therefore true grace motivates sober, self-controlled living before that day. And because His return is the culmination of all of our hope, grace also teaches us to eagerly anticipate that day:...
In the past several years, few verses in scripture have been as beautifully disruptive to my heart as 1 Peter 1:13:
“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
(1 Peter 1:13 ESV...
Over the past several hundred years, the testimony of the four Gospels have been criticized, scrutinized, and undermined by liberal scholarship. In this book, Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels are not anonymous oral traditions passed down and recorded in writing, but rather testimonies of eyewitnesses who had actually been with Jesus.
Bauckham forcefully refutes the long-standing idea of "form criticism" and draws on internal evidence in the Gospels themselves to support his argument.
I would highly recommend this book for any reader of the Gospels and those...
Before Jesus returns, the scriptures make clear that the church will "fill up in [her] flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ" (Colossians 1:24), embodying the sufferings of Jesus as the highest witness to the world of the longsuffering love of God. Because much of the church in the West is unfamiliar with the normalcy of suffering for the Gospel, Dalton's book Unto Death is a critical message for the church in this hour.
The central theological distinctive of Christianity--that Jesus is God incarnate--has repeatedly come under fire from adherents to other religions and scholars who interpret Jesus as a prophet, angel, or guru. Putting Jesus in His Place is designed to introduce Christians to the wealth of biblical teaching on the deity of Christ. Using evidence from the New Testament, this book helps readers appreciate the significance of Christ's deity in a personal relationship with Him, and gives them the confidence to share the truth about Jesus with others.
Along with this book, I highly...
The four Gospels contain the beautiful and unrivaled record of the words of Jesus of Nazareth. For the Christian, those words in red on our Bible's pages are more than just moral precepts or proverbs to be studied and imitated - they are the very words of the God who formed the heavens and the earth. Those words are His precious, holy food for our famished souls. Those words are our only fountain of life everlasting (John 6:63,68). Those words can both...
I'm excited to be in College Station, Texas next week on the campus of Texas A&M University with the College Station House of Prayer to teach a training intensive on Christology, or more simply the study of Jesus the Christ.
Together we'll spend time searching the Scriptures and beholding the glory of Jesus. We'll specifically be looking at these topics:
We are a couple weeks into the new year and undoubtedly for many, the strong resolutions made in late 2012 are already turning into hopeful wishes for 2013. Whether it be the new workout routine, better time management, or healthier eating habits, our human zeal wanes without constant provocation and motivation from others. But even with incentive, our follow-through is often lacking the consistency we desire.
Yet among all of the resolutions we could possibly make for the new year, one will always rise above the rest because it has the guarantee of God's might...
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