That’s My King!

HT: Kevin DeYoung.

Christ is all

In Colossians 3:11, Paul says (echoing v. 4 — “Christ, who is our life…”), “Christ is all, and in all.” That is, Christ is all-sufficient. He is everything a believer needs and He is everything to that believer. And He is in all believers equally — no one gets an extra dose of Jesus. His […]

Since Christ has been born…

A few years ago, pastor Sam Crabtree filled in the blanks to the statement, “What Would Not Be if Jesus Had Not Been.” Reading that contemplation and pondering some additional related thoughts then led me to consider the statement, “Since Christ has been born…” Here are the Biblical realities that we, as believers, experience because […]

Book Review: The Case for Christmas

Title: The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger Author: Lee Strobel Publisher: Zondervan, 2005; 96 pp. $9.99 (print), $1.99 (e-book) Recommendation (4-star scale): Lee Strobel was a journalist who rejected Christ. His hatred was such that he decided to prove once-and-for-all that Christ was not who He […]

The preciousness of Christ

I am now reading Octavius Winslow’s 18th century work, The Precious Things of God. Yesterday I came across this statement, which is a fitting reminder for the Christmas season: Other objects often lose their attraction, their desire to interest, or their power to charm us, by the lapse of years; but Jesus is that glorious […]

A greater event

There are many significant events in the history of the world. Great men and leaders have risen and fallen. Great civilizations have been established and others destroyed. Great movements and developments and advancements have been made in language and science and knowledge. But the advent of Christ was the greatest event in all of history […]

Jeremiah, destruction, and Christ

This morning I finished reading the last few chapters of Jeremiah — prophecies of the destruction of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Elam, and Babylon. And then the account of Judah being taken into captivity in Babylon. With all the words concerning the judgments of God and then that judgment being demonstrated against His own people, […]

Reflections on Twenty Years of Ministry: Remembering Christ

This is the seventh of a series of reflections of gratitude on 20 years of ministry at GBC. For many years I have been collecting books about the cross of Christ. I am captivated by the cross and find my heart to a love of Christ by these deep reflections on what was accomplished at […]

OT prophecies of Christ

The OT provides many prophecies of Christ. Here are some of the key passages:

Do you contemplate your dependance on Christ?

Do you contemplate daily your dependence on Christ? Do the words of Paul resonate in your heart? Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God (2 Cor. 3:5) Are John the Baptist’s words sensible to you? “He must increase, but I must decrease.” […]

He did not answer

Several times the Scriptures point to the silence of Christ during His trial. The prophet Isaiah said it would be this way: “Like a lamb that is lead to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth” (53:7). It was indeed that way, as Matthew […]

Did Jesus descend to Hell?

Interpreters of Ephesians 4:9 have long wrestled with the meaning of the phrase “the lower parts of the earth.” Many have conjectured that phrase means that after the crucifixion Christ went to Hell to proclaim the truth of His death and resurrection to those who resided there. Interpreters base this understanding not only on Ephesians […]

Today’s Quote – Christ’s Love (Bunyan)

John Bunyan, All Loves Excelling: …that a person so great, so high, so glorious, as this Jesus Christ was, should have love for us, that passes knowledge. It is common for equals to love, and for superiors to be beloved; but for the King of princes, for the Son of God, for Jesus Christ to […]

Today’s Quote – Majesty (Pascal)

Blaise Pascal, Pensees: Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life: and do the greatest things as though they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence. (HT: CQOD)

Today’s Quote – Jesus Christ (Lundgaard)

Kris Lundgaard, Through the Looking Glass: We are all brothers and sisters, whether or not we want to be, because we are human beings. It’s a fact of life and has nothing to do with choice. With the Lord Christ it was different (see Hebrews 2:11, 14-15). So that he might rescue us from death, […]