Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
The Earth's Great Sabbath Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ The Christian hope for creation rests neither in human effort nor in escape from the material world. The creation groans for the return of its rightful King, the revelation of the sons of God, a…
Read article →Labour, purpose, and faithfulness in a fallen world
…be answered in the same way. I tell it because uncertainty taught me to receive work as a stewardship rather than an entitlement. Work began before the fall The first human work appears before Genesis records human sin: "And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
Your Party Is Not Your Church How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal Political parties do not merely ask for our votes. Increasingly, they offer an entire identity. Each side s…
Read article →Signs, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…im. Suddenness is more than speed Christ's parables repeatedly stress unexpected arrival, stewardship, readiness, and the danger of presumption. The master returns at an hour the servant does not know. The bridegroom's arrival exposes who was prepared. The householder cannot sche…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…the prophets, the teaching of Jesus, Acts, Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, and the history of Christian interpretation, the cumulative answer is no. God has judged Israel severely. The nation remains largely in unbelief and cannot inherit saving blessing apart from Jesus Christ. Yet…
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