Do you really want to know your future?
Many of us pray for guidance about what to do with our lives. We are desperate for direction.
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Why Was Jesus Baptized?
He who was in no need of forgiveness would undergo a baptism of repentance?
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Reflections on the Psalter Reclaimed
The Psalms have often been my favorite portion of the Bible for devotional time. I think fondly of the days where I could go out and away from the business of life and get alone with God in the Psalms, praying and singing and wrestling over truth.
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Phil. 2:5-8: What Christ’s ‘Emptying’ Means for Us
We must highlight the richness of Luther’s pastoral theological exegesis of Phil. 2:5-8, while conversely critiquing his non-metaphysical interpretation.
Read more‘This man is God; this God is man.’ Even though philosophy cannot grasp this, faith grasps it nonetheless.
Martin Luther
Book Review: Family to Family
In Family to Family, Jerry Pipes and Victor Lee emphasize the importance of family and advocate for an inward-outward approach to evangelism that begins at home and moves out to the world.
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Ezekiel’s Temple Vision: Literal, Figurative, or Both?
Any study of Ezekiel’s temple vision will quickly demonstrate to the student their human limitations. Yet, we can and should labor and study to know Him and understand His will.
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Discipleship and a Healthy Church
Not only is the local church God’s program for discipleship, a healthy local church is the goal of discipleship. Every element of discipleship finds its greatest fulfillment in the context of the local church.
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Making Sense of Wisdom Literature
How to properly read and interpret the Proverbs and how to read the Old Testament wisdom books in light of each other.
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Luther and the Image of God
Luther’s exegesis brings the effects of sin to the forefront, and necessarily points to the gospel as ultimate hope for restoration of that image. Man was not intended to be debilitated as he is now. He was supposed to be like Adam.
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