Good Friday 2022
How does a person born with a sinful nature secure a relationship with God who is absolutely holy? You offer a divinely ordered substitutionary sacrifice to appease God’s wrath against […]
Isaiah 53:1-9: Salvation Is Grounded On The Servant’s Degradation And Exaltation
Seven times Jewish Christian writers of the New Testament directly identify Jesus as the fulfillment of the role of the suffering Servant/Savior as prophesied with great specificity in Isaiah 52:13-53:12. […]
Isaiah 52:13-15: The Mystery of the Servant Jesus
If you are on a journey to discover who Jesus really is because all the other belief systems you’ve pursued have proved wanting, and all of the life endeavors you’ve […]
1 John 1:5-10
How do you build a marriage which invigorating and exciting, one full of joy, peace, and ever-increasing intimacy? First, let me tell you how not to do it. Dr. Emerson […]
1 John 1:1-4 | The Facts of Fellowship
Join Dr. Marty Baker as we dive into the first four verses of First John to explore The Facts of Fellowship and how the truth of Jesus impacts our human […]
1 John: Light & Life – Introduction
Looking back at the New Testament churches, we can falsely assume those were the good old days. Brave saints traveled throughout the known world preaching the gospel, and people from […]
Psalm 147 – Part 2
On one fishing excursion along the northern shore of Califonia just north of the Bay Bridge, we stayed out a little too late attempting to catch our limit of striped […]
Psalm 147 – Part 1
Wikipedia, which is helpful for quick information on most topics, has this to say about pulsating stars: Variable stars may be either intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic variable stars: stars where the variability is […]
Psalm 146
In children’s Sunday School in the 1960s I learned a little, catchy worship song I still remember. Perhaps you know it too. Praise Him, praise Him, all ye little children, […]
Psalm 145 – Part 2
From the beginning of our study of the Psalter to the end, we can’t miss the this wonderful book calls us to do. It’s one, little, monosyllabic word: praise. The […]
Chalk Talk: State of the Church 2022
When I played football in High School my freshman year, we, as players, could always anticipate what would occur in the locker room during half-time. The coach typically rolled out […]
Psalm 145 – Part 1
If you were writing a book for God, what would be the focus of your final chapter? For David, that answer came easy. He would, and did, focus on the […]