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The Beatitudes Inverted
The present Chapel Chat is an unusual one for me. Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount is one of the most well-known parts of Scripture, and is, for that very reason, […]
Jesus’s Trial In The Garden
Jesus in the Wilderness
Accept No Substitutes
How Do I Know Whether I Have The Holy Spirit?
The Bible teaches that Jesus was the true temple of God, and that through his blood he washes us and makes us fit to be temples too, and through the […]
Our Dwelling Place
Going Deeper
Christmas Greeting from Pastor Chad
“He came to his own, yet his own received him not” (John 1:11). The Jews of the first century were a hardened people. Weary from the struggle against sin and […]
Self-Knowledge That Comes From Faith
All of us have a basic human need to understand who we are. When we are young, many of us are inclined to identify ourselves with our hobbies, our schoolwork, […]
Jesus and the Stormy-Eyed German
Why Do Some People Say They Have “Fallen In Love With Jesus?”
Why do some people say they have “fallen in love with Jesus?” To me, falling in love refers to romantic love. We don’t have that kind of love for Jesus, […]
The Cost of Discipleship
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Inner Compass Of Spiritual Life
On The Sea Of Life
Is life a journey or a playground? A journey has a destination, and it has a road that leads to that destination. A playground doesn’t lead anywhere; there are no […]
Power Beyond Your Circumstances
When All You Had Was Jesus
Rise Up And Call Her Blessed
Why Does God Seem Different In The Old Testament As Compared To The New Testament?
Since the early church, many believers have perceived a difference between the god of the Old Testament (OT) and the god of the New Testament (NT). In the OT, YHWH […]
The Last Word
The Everlasting Kingdom
You Didn’t Know There Was A Test
Recently, my wife asked me to do something and I didn’t do it. A little later, I asked my son to do something and he didn’t do it either. Where […]
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
The Face Of Divine Providence
The Prophecy
All For The Good
Christianity Is Spiritual
The Master Of The Sea
Reflections On Holy War
What are we to make of the presence of holy war in the Scripture? When the descendants of Jacob came out of Egypt, they were organized into the people we […]
How To Escape Groundhog Day
The Four Seasons
Sand Castles
Come Home
The Joy Of Sects
Caesar once said “Divide and conquer.” But there is an even more sinister power in the world that knows how to unite and conquer. Among the many values praised beyond […]
Naked And Not Ashamed
Eternal Life Now
You Have the Right To An Attorney
Jesus’s Secret Society
Lent 101
There Is Damnation In Numbers
“It is appointed for men to die once and after that to face judgment” (Heb. 9:27). Awhile back, my kids were reading a famous sermon by Jonathan Edwards entitled Sinners […]
A City Upon A Hill
Why Did Some People’s Names Change In The Bible?
In the ancient world, names were ideally regarded as reflecting the identity of a person. The Bible is full of such examples. When Hannah’s prayer to YHWH for a child […]
How Can I Be Filled With The Holy Spirit?
The Bible tell us that faith in Jesus Christ is enough to receive the gift of his forgiveness and the gift of his Holy Spirit. So the first thing to […]
Did Paul Have A Choice About Being A Christian?
Did Paul have a choice about being a Christian? Questions about free will are nowhere explicitly dealt with in the Scriptures. The views that theologians have about them must therefore […]
What Does It Mean To Worship The Lord In Spirit And In Truth?
What does it mean to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth? The phrase “in the Spirit and in truth” is taken from John 4:24. It is part of […]
Did Jesus Have To Experience Temptation?
Did Jesus have to experience temptation to know what we go through? Doesn’t he just know? God is omniscient, which literally means that he is “all-knowing.” However, when the Bible […]
Will We Go To Heaven If We Die With Sin left Un-Repented?
A lot of times, we think that we are sinners because we do sinful things: for example, because we lie, cheat, steal. But really it is the reverse: we do […]
Is It Acceptable To “Lay Out A Fleece” Before God?
In the book of Judges, the Bible tells of a man named Gideon who was chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from the hand of the Midianites. On the […]
What Does It Mean To Be Anointed?
In the Old Testament, the word anointing can be traced to a special oil whose manufacture is prescribed in Exodus 30:22-33. The purpose of this oil was to set apart […]
What Does God Mean When He Says That He Is “A Jealous God, Punishing The Children For The Sin Of The Parents To The Third And Fourth Generation Of Those Who Hate Me, But Showing Love To A Thousand Generations Of Those Who Love Me And Keep My Commandments”? (Exodus 20:5-6)
For many people, the idea of jealousy is often classed as a kind of petty emotion, and therefore many newer translations of the Scripture have sought to translate this passage […]