By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: Hebrews 1:1-9 1. Does God seem close to you or far from you? How does the fact that the Word became flesh impact the way you answer that question? 2. When do you see glimpses […]
By Mark Scott Dennis Kinlaw wrote a book entitled Let’s Start with Jesus. It’s a book on our triune God. Instead of starting with the Father or the Spirit (mentioned chronologically first in the Bible—Genesis 1:1, 2), Kinlaw suggests that the best way to understand the Trinity is to actually start with Jesus. Then we […]
By David Faust My mother gave me five tattered leather-bound volumes of Adam Clarke’s commentary on the Bible. Published in 1833, the books belonged either to my great-grandfather Daniel or more likely to his brother Timothy. My great-great-uncle Timothy was a circuit-riding minister who rode on horseback from one preaching location to another. I noticed […]
By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 1. Do you see yourself in the pages of Scripture? If so, how? 2. Are there particular biblical characters with whom you identify? If so, whom and why? 3. How does the […]
By Mark Scott God likes covenants because he dislikes misunderstandings. He likes agreements, pacts, and contracts. Because he is God he sets the terms of these covenants. Because he is God he makes the covenants out of his own character (i.e. faithfulness). Our text today says that the everlasting covenant is a relationship between God […]
