Is Our Relationship With God More Important Than Obedience? The Old Testament Law talks a lot about offering sacrifices to God, but what if he really wants something more? King Solomon writes in the book of Ecclesiastes that we need to be careful...
Living Stones: Replacing Temples and Priests Through Jesus we become his priests and his temple, which should change everything In the Old Testament the people go to the temple to encounter God. The priests help them in this. They act as a...
His Love Endures Forever We Should Praise God for the Many Ways He Loves Us Love is a recurring theme in Scripture (686 verses). It shows up in most every book of the Bible (60 out of 66). The word is most common in Psalms (157 verses). Psalm 136...
Do You Offer God a Sacrifice of Praise? The term “sacrifice of praise” is only found in one verse in the Bible. It’s a curious phrase. What does it mean? Whatever it may refer to, the first thing we see is we are to do it continually. We are to...
Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament by Becoming the Ultimate Sin Sacrifice Consider What Jesus Did for Us Today’s church still follows the Old Testament model for church: we have a church building where we go to worship God, hire a minister who...
How Much Did Jesus Suffer When He Died for Us? Jesus Died as the Ultimate Sacrifice So That We May Live The Old Testament of the Bible overflows with instructions about offering sacrifices to God and how his people but them into practice. One of...
There’s a Time to Wait and a Time to Act Fear Causes Saul to Make a Bad Decision Though God chose Saul to be the first king over Israel, Saul has some character flaws that lead to his undoing. One time the Philistines come up against Saul and his...
Deuteronomy Hints at the Horror of Jesus’s Sacrifice We Discover Parallels Between Deuteronomy and Jesus’s Death The book of Deuteronomy, which most people skip and the rest of us skim, does contain interesting passages for us to consider. In one...
Did Jesus Have Second Thoughts? Before Jesus is captured and executed, he spends some time praying. At one point in his prayer, Jesus asks God for a reprieve—that he won’t have to die—even though that was the plan all along. But he’s quick to add...
