The Cross and the Crown

What bearing does the book of Isaiah have on us today? How do believers deepen their understanding of the gospel while reading through the Old Testament? Is the call to “Behold your God” made in Isai…

From Hannah's prayer to the death of Saul, the book of 1 Samuel moves us further into the redemptive history of Scripture and propels us into a deeper understanding of the coming work of Jesus Christ…

The purpose for which we exist is bound up entirely in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who is supremely sovereign over all things. How then shall we live? How does understanding the grace of God…

Who, or what, is at the root of the joy expressed by Paul in his letter to the Philippians? How can a believer find grounds for such joy in our daily lives, especially during our earthly trials? Wher…

Paul’s letter to the Ephesians stands as an opus to the sovereign love, power, and wisdom of God. Ephesians immerses in the depth of God’s gospel and bids us fix our eyes upon Jesus as we walk in the…

Paul’s letter to the Galatians heralds and ravenously defends the purity of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It also expresses with supreme clarity the power with which Christians now stand before God and…

A seemingly small, perhaps even anti-climactic verse in the book of Habakkuk, is fleshed out in the life of Christ, and explained through three essential New Testament scriptures. The theological wea…

The apostle Paul had a long and complex relationship with the churches of Corinth and across Achaia. In 2 Corinthians, we find some of the deepest and most profound truth delivered to a recovering ch…

The apostle Paul had a long and complex relationship with the churches of Corinth and across Achaia. In 2 Corinthians, we find some of the deepest and most profound truth delivered to a recovering ch…

With the church immersed in division, idolatry, and looking more like the world than the Savior that redeemed them, Paul reminds the Corinthian believers of who- and whose- they are in Christ. 

Ruth is the glimmer of gospel hope in the period of the Judges. Ruth awakens its readers to hope amidst a hopeless time and faithfulness amidst a faithless era of Israelite history. The foreshadowing…

What are the consequences of mankind "doing what is right in our own eyes?" Is truth subjective? The book of Judges places front and center the depravity of man and the patience of God with his waywa…

The book of Joshua highlights the triumphs and difficulties of the Israelites entering and subduing the Promised Land. Unbelievers and many believers alike often find it difficult to reconcile the Go…

In the book of Numbers, we see the complaints of the Israelites contrasted with the provision and patience of God. What relevance does the book of Numbers have for us today as believers? Jesus himsel…

In Paul’s letter to the Romans, we see perhaps the most comprehensive layout of the gospel in all of scripture. Theology and practice converge into intimate communion with God when we taste and see t…

The doctrine of adoption adds a warmth to our understanding of the work God has accomplished in our salvation. We not only stand new and justified, we stand as sons and daughters of the King of Kings…

In Exodus, God delivers the Israelites from slavery. As they find themselves as sojourners in the wilderness in route to the Promised Land, we see a clear parallel to our own lives here and now as we…

In the beginning... How does the book of Genesis help us understand our origins? How does it plunge us into a deeper understanding of the gospel and point us to the person and work of Jesus?

What does it mean that believers will be glorified? How does this doctrine give the believer an unshakeable hope in facing the trials of life, even death itself? How does this doctrine create both an…

What is sanctification? Who does the work in sanctification? Where do we fit in to the equation? How does a believer grow in holiness?