The following is taken from the Blue Letter Bible Promise of the Day, updated every day of the year. Have you picked your reading plan or daily devotional for the year? Find out which are available at the BLB. “O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will […]
Under Grace, Not Law
The following is taken from Bob Hoekstra’s Day By Day By Grace devotional. Have you picked your reading plan or daily devotional for the year? Find out which are available at the BLB. “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” (Romans 6:14) Sin dominates all of our […]
God's acceptance of Christ is thine acceptance
The following is taken from Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening devotional. Have you picked your reading plan or daily devotional for the year? Find out which are available at the BLB. “I will give thee for a covenant of the people.” Isaiah 49:8 Jesus Christ is Himself the sum and substance of the covenant, and as […]
Start the new year with a devotional or reading plan!
So here we are at the dawn of a new year. You may have resolved to read or study the Bible more regularly this year. Or perhaps you intend to supplement your daily Bible reading with a devotional. If so, you may want to consider one of our free online Daily Devotionals or Bible Reading Plans: […]
Why Was Jesus Called Immanuel?
In Matthew’s gospel Jesus is called Immanuel. Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us”(Matthew 1:23). This is not a personal name. In Isaiah 7:14 it is seen as fulfilled, not in the naming of Jesus, but in the whole account […]
Jesus Christ: Anchor of the Soul
If you are joining us for the first time, please be sure to read the previous posts in this series: Part 1: Three verbs that describe someone who has encountered Jesus Christ Part 2: Comparing the parable of the four soils Part 3: Who is the third soil? Part 4: The fourth soil Part 5: The […]
Word Made Flesh
The following article is an excerpt of God Rest Ye Merry: Why Christmas Is the Foundation for Everything by Douglas Wilson. We ought always to reflect on the profound reality of the Incarnation. Over the course of time, we have added a bunch of cultural traditions to the celebration of the Christmas season, which is […]
The Sages, the Star, and the Savior [part 4]
On Sunday morning of December 25th, 1870, Charles Haddon Spurgeon delivered a sermon on Matthew 2:2 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. We are posting this sermon in a four-part series. You can still read part 1, part 2, or part 3. The following is the 4th and final part in this series. “Where is he that is born […]
Why Did God Come As Man? [Part 3]
This is the second part in a blog series on why God came as man. You can go back to read part 1 or part 2. “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, […]
Why Did God Come As Man? [Part 2]
This is the second part in a blog series on why God came as man. You can read part 1 here. Is the doctrine of the atonement central to the Scriptures? Why must Jesus, the God-Man, be the one to provide salvation?In the Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin argues that this is how God […]