What does Jesus say about prayer?
Over the course of the month of June, we talked a lot about how we learn to pray. One of the theses of the series was that the Bible...
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Claiming the Promises–What does it mean?
I called our current sermon series—which wraps up this Sunday—Claiming the Promises: A Series on Prayer because I wanted to highlight...
A Meditation on the Prayer of Hannah
Our sermon this week looked at Hannah’s prayer in the book of I Samuel. A few years ago, I wrote a short meditation on this passage...
Fasting in the Old and New Testament
Our sermon this past week, from Isaiah 58, centered on a lengthy discussion of fasting—its purpose and nature. In many ways, it is an...
Isaiah 57 and a Vivid Metaphor
Our sermon text from this past week, Isaiah 57, opens by drawing upon a common metaphor for the covenant relationship found in both the Old...
The Scriptural Idea of Revival
Death is both a metaphor and a reality in the Scriptures. In Biblical Theology, Gerhardus Vos says that the physical dissolution of the...
“Come, everyone who thirsts!”: Water as a Metaphor in the Gospel of John
In a desert climate like ancient Judea and Galilee, one always had to be aware of water; where would your supply of water come from that...
A Brief History of Jerusalem
In our sermon text this week, Isaiah 52, the city of Jerusalem features prominently. Isaiah is making predictions about the restoration of...
The Dragons of the Deep: Rahab, Leviathan and Tanin
In Isaiah 51—the passage we examined in this week’s sermon—there is a brief mention of someone or something called “Rahab”:...