The heart of pride is not only the exaltation of self, but even more tragically, it is the diminishing of God. As Thomas Watson has noted, “pride is the greatest sacrilege; it robs God of his glory.” Every prideful act is a defiant gesture of the inadequacy of God, and the self-exaltation of self. This […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (9/16/07)The story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery (John 7:53 – 8:11) is fundamentally not about the woman, not about her sin, and not about the scribes or Pharisees. It’s not even really about judgmentalism. It is about Jesus Christ. And specifically, it is about how Christ is the bridge between the Law […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (9/9/07)The life of Christ has been called “The greatest story ever told,” and the resurrection has been called “The greatest event in history” and “The key to everything.” All those statements are not only true, they are crucial. Christianity hangs on the validity of the resurrection, as Paul notes in 1 Corinthians 15. It is […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (4/8/07)The appearance of new and helpful resources regarding “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” is happening probably by the minute on the internet. So I will attempt to refrain from offering daily updates. However, two additional resources came to my attention today that I think are helpful: “Tales From the Crypt: Do we have the bones […]
Read More Two more resourcesIf it is close to Easter, it must be time for an attack on Christ, the cross, or the resurrection. And so it is. This Sunday, Discovery Channel is airing “The Lost Tomb of Jesus” in which the claim is made that a tomb in Jerusalem has been discovered in which the bones of Jesus […]
Read More Thoughts on “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”The cartoon character Broom Hilda once lamented, “I’ve searched all my life for the key to happiness. “I found the key to happiness once…” “The next day someone changed the locks.” Even believers are not immune to such thinking. We believe that we have found the key to happiness, and then realize that what we […]
Read More Sunday Leftovers (1/28/07)Seven times in the gospel of John Jesus makes a declarative statement about His deity by using the formula “I am…” These statements not only affirm His deity (with an allusion back to Exodus 3:14), but also reveal something about His character. They are: I am the bread of life (6:35) I am the light […]
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