Considering the Psalms And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord (Ephesians … Continued
Baal of Peor and a New Census The generation God delivered from Egypt would meet its final end. A new generation would arise and fulfill all God had promised. The Book of Numbers was aptly named bemidbar in Hebrew, for … Continued
Living Is Christ, Dying Is Gain My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. For … Continued
The Gospel as Good News The story of the life, death, resurrection, ascension, lordship, and imminent return of Jesus of Nazareth was called the euangelion, or “good news” (e.g. Romans 1:16). But how might it have been understood as good … Continued
Avoiding Spiritual Complacency We all know someone who thinks that the world revolves around them. Woe to the woman who meets the man who thinks he is God’s gift to women and is hideous! Woe to the man at work … Continued
Balak and Balaam Balak needed supernatural assistance against a prospective foe who had just destroyed enemies who had defeated him. Balaam would only speak the words YHWH would give him. A great contest would take place in the hills of … Continued
Christ Proclaimed in Pretense or Truth I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the … Continued
The Gospel as News There are good reasons why we tend to remember where we were when we heard “the news.” In times past, “the news” might have been regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the assassination of John … Continued
Discipline Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate … Continued
From Mount Hor to the Plains of Moab Condemnation of a whole generation, including its leaders, and the death of its first high priest: Israel had reached the nadir of its wilderness wanderings. Their predicament would soon brighten. Israel’s odyssey … Continued