Saving Faith

Rise and Walk

Or, Answering Questions about the Son of Man

Luke 5:17-26

Opposition to the Devil

Or, The One Who Stood Faithful

Luke 4:9-13

Life After the Sunrise

Or, Saved That We Might Serve Him

Luke 1:67-80

Named by Faith

Or, The Birth of John the Baptist

Luke 1:57-66

The Virgin's Son

Or, Nothing Will Be Impossible with God

Luke 1:26-38

Sturdy Substance

Faith-filled and Overflowing

Selected Scriptures

Certain Things

Or, The Burden of the Book of Luke

Luke 1:1-4

I Once Was Lost

Or, An Introduction to the Book of Luke

Luke 19:10

The Furtherance of Faith

Or, Draw Near to God with Confidence

Selected Scriptures

How to Overcome the World

Or, The Negative World Is Hell

Selected Scriptures

After Godliness

Or, Adorning the Doctrine of God Our Savior

Titus 1:1-4

Dissident Joy

Or, When Faith Won't Crash

Habakkuk 3:16-19

A Framework of Faith

Or, The Just Shall Sing Psalms

Habakkuk 3:1-15

Faith Enfleshed

Or, The Just Shall Live in Tension

Habakkuk 2:2-5

A Prophetic Complaint

Or, When Justice Comes Out Crooked

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Altar Blessings

Or, How Then Shall We Believe the Gospel?

Romans 1:16-17

The Confidence of Faith

Unwavering Presence in an Anxious World

Hebrews 10:35-39

Blessed and Building Up

Or, Better Food and Fellowship from Faith

Romans 14:19-23

Root and Branches (Pt 2)

Or, Conditional Arguments Against Gentile Arrogance

Romans 11:16-24

Good to Hear

Or, The Work of the Word of Christ

Romans 10:14-17

The Lord of All (Pt 2)

Or, Our Confession of Faith

Romans 10:5-13

Damned Zeal

Or, The Stumbling Stone of Ignorant Faith

Romans 9:30-10:4

Raising Christians

Investing in an Inheritance of Faith

Selected

Believing Against Hope

Or, Wavering Isn’t Worship

Romans 4:18-25

Heirs of Faith

Or, The God Who Brings His Promise to Life

Romans 4:13-17

The Sign of Sanctimony

Or, What Really Counts to God

Romans 2:24-29

Our Eyes Are on You

Or, The Liturgy of Seeking the Lord

2 Chronicles 20:1-30

The Annunciation

Or, A Christmas Call to Faith

Luke 1:26–38

From Faith to Faith

The Business of Righteousness

Romans 1:16-17

Immortal Exiles

Or, Getting Faith Where It Needs to Be

1 Peter 1:1-9

Two Kinds of Incapable

Or, Narratives That Make Everything Plain

John 10:22-31

Faith in Focus

Or, Clear Christianity in a World of Blur

2 Corinthians 11:3-4

Resurrection Logic

Or, The Consequences If Christ Is Not Raised

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Message Drift

Or, Reminders to Hold Fast to the Gospel

1 Corinthians 15:1-2

Core Blessing

Or, On Being Filled with the Fullness of God

Selected Scriptures

That You Might Know

1 John 5:1-21

A Manifesto for Gospel Living (Pt 2)

James 2:1-26

A Manifesto for Gospel Living (Pt 1)

James 1:1-27

The Provocative Fruit of Faith

Or, What is a Kuyperian Dispensationalist?

Selected Scriptures

The Perseverance of the Saints

Or, Is Eternal Life for Eternity?

Selected Scriptures

Irresistible Birth

Or, God AWAKENS Sinners to Life - The Doctrine of Irresistible Grace (or Efficacious Call)

Selected Scriptures

Confessing Faith

Or, Questions for Credo Baptism

Selected Scriptures

Finding Favor

Or, Jacob and Esau’s Short Reunion

Genesis 33:1-20

Stealing Away (Pt 1)

Or, When the Putter-On Acts Put Upon

Genesis 31:1-35

Jacob's Special Place

Or, God’s Presence and Promise in Exile

Genesis 28:10-22

Blessings in Context

Or, How Grace Enables Our Dependence Rather Than Removes Our Need for It

Genesis 26:1-35

Generations to Come

Or, Closing the Book on Abraham

Genesis 25:1-18

A Promising Match (Pt 2)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:29-67

A Promising Match (Pt 1)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:1-28

God Will Provide

Or, A Test of Faith That Is No Laughing Matter

Genesis 22:1-24

A Time to Laugh

Or, Conflicts of Interest When Things Were Going Well

Genesis 21:1-34

Double Jeopardy

Or, How God Providentially Protected a Prophet from a King and a King by a Prophet

Genesis 20:1-18

Children of Promise

Or, The Sign and Son of the Covenant

Genesis 17:9-27

An Everlasting Covenant

Or, Guarantees from God Almighty

Genesis 17:1-8

A God of Seeing (Pt 2)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:7-16

A God of Seeing (Pt 1)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:1-6

Belief Is Justified

Or, Faith in the Sovereign Future-Maker

Genesis 15:1-21

Hail the Conquering Hero

Or, Battle Done Is Only Half Begun

Genesis 14:17-24

That's a Rout

Or, When Kings Can’t Hold Their Own

Genesis 14:1-16

Lift Up Your Eyes

Or, What You Get by Not Being Grabby

Genesis 13:1-18

A Famine of Faith

Or, Unbelief Only Makes a Tough Situation Tougher

Genesis 12:10-20

Blessing by Abram

Or, A Focus Toward Fulfillment

Genesis 12:1-9

The Rain Came Down

Or, The Floods Came Up

Genesis 7:1-16

Everything Is Ruined

Or, All That God Commanded

Genesis 6:9-22

Faith That Finds a Resting Place

Selected Scriptures

Two Offspring, Two Offerings

Or, The Peril of Sinful Sacrifices

Genesis 4:1-7

God's Work in Faith and Sanctification

Selected Scriptures

Do You Love Me?

Or, Reinstated to Care for the Fold

John 21:15-17

Further Revelation

Or, Coming to the Point in the Book for Life

John 21:1-14

A Compelling Conclusion

Or, Coming to the Point in the Book for Life

John 20:30-31

The Problem of Evil

Or, The REAL Problem of Little Faith

Selected Scriptures

My Lord and My God

Or, The Blessing of Believing

John 20:24-29

Why Are You Weeping?

Or, Hope Is Standing Right in Front of You

John 20:11-18

The Inexorable Resurrection

Or, Why Jesus Had to Rise from the Dead

John 20:1-10

Out of Order

Or, Pre-Trial and Three Denials

John 18:12-27

Exclusive Encouragement

Or, Jesus Is the Only Way

John 14:1-7

Foretelling a Tragedy

Or, When Can Betrayal Strengthen Believing?

John 13:18-30

Need to Know

Or, Jesus Knows What He's Doing

John 13:6-11

Two for One

Or, Reviewing the Word of Life

John 12:44-50

Wouldn't or Couldn't?

Or, Glory Too Brilliant to See

John 12:37-43

Not Your Typical Triumph

Or, A Day to Remember

John 12:12-19

No Cooperation Necessary

Or, There Is Hope for the Dead

John 11:38-44

Something to Cry About

Or, The Deep Trouble of Motivations

John 11:28-37

Resurrecting Hope

Or, Why We Believe It's Impossible for Death to Win

John 11:17-27

Resurrecting Hope

Or, Why We Believe It's Impossible for Death to Win

John 11:17-27

A Love for Glory (Pt 2)

Or, Sovereign Gladness and Sovereign Sorrow Do Not Contradict

John 11:7-16

Evidence to the Contrary

Or, Don't Take My Word for It

John 10:31-42

In Good Hands

Or, Once a Sheep - Always a Sheep

John 10:22-30

Christ's Flourishing Fold

Or, It's Good to Be Sheep

John 10:7-10

They're Not Following

Or, A Shepherd and His Sheep Go Together

John 10:1-6

That's Good News!

Or, Showing Our Faith by Our Worship

Selected Scriptures

If You Have to Ask

Or, When the Things of God Grow Strangely Dim

John 9:35-41

Now I See

Or, How to Give Glory to God

John 9:24-34

Ask Him Again

Or, Seeking the Facts to Question the Facts

John 9:8-23

Clear as Mud

Or, What God Wants Us to See

John 9:1-7

No Question About It

Or, I Am in the Flesh

John 8:48-59

Family Lies

Or, The Conditions of True Paternity

John 8:39-47

The Bind That Blinds

Or, Freeing Slaves Who Fight Against Freedom

John 8:33-38

Truly Free Followers

Or, What We Need to Know about Believing

John 8:31-32

The Nature of Sacrifice

Or, Lessons from Another World

John 8:21-30

Line of Sight

Or, It Takes Two to Bring a Thing to Light

John 8:12-20

Ironies of Unbelieving

Or, Don't Expect Reasonable Responses

John 7:40-52

An Overflow of Fulfillment

Or, The Difference Between Blessing Cul-de-sacs and Conduits

John 7:37-39

Coming and Going

Or, Jesus' Return to Sender

John 7:25-36

How Can It Be?

Or, Using God's Gifts to Get God's Glory

John 7:14-24

The Demands of Unbelief

Or, When Missing the Point Isn't Enough

John 7:1-13

Walking Away

Or, A Tragedy of Eternal Proportion

John 6:66-71

Harder Than You Think

Or, The Need for Spiritual Initiative

John 6:60-65

Hard to Chew

Or, Why You're Dead If You Don't Eat and Drink

John 6:52-59

Living Bread

Or, Having Hunger But Not Having Taste

John 6:47-51

A Prophetic Drawing

Or, Why Coming to Jesus Is No Drag

John 6:41-46

Behold and Believe

Or, The Gift That Cannot Be Lost

John 6:35-40

Shelf Life (Pt 2)

Or, Looking for Loaves for All the Wrong Reasons

John 6:22-34

Shelf Life (Pt 1)

Or, Looking for Loaves for All the Wrong Reasons

John 6:22-34

What's Missing?

Or, Every Disciple's Greatest Fear

John 6:16-21

A Familiar Story

Or, The Path of Least Believing

John 6:1-15

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How Can You Believe?

Or, The Paralyzing Pull of Men's Praise

John 5:41-47

Refusal to Thrive

Or, A Case of Ignoring Your Own Witnesses

John 5:31-40

The Author of Life

Or, Why the Son Never Works Alone

John 5:16-30

Wonders and Words

Or, What to Believe for Life

John 4:43-54

Living Water

John 4:1-15

How to See Life

John 3:31-36

Condemned to Darkness

John 3:19-21

Already Condemned

John 3:17-18

An Eternal Society

John 3:16

Lifting up the Son of Man

John 3:9-15

Unless One Is Born of the Spirit

John 3:4-8

Unless One Is Born Again

John 3:1-3

Not a Pretty Picture

John 2:23-25

Celebrating Glory

John 2:1-11

Follow the Revelation

John 1:43-51

Missing the Pointer

John 1:19-23

The Light of the World

John 1:6-13

Heat and Light (Pt 1)

Selected Scriptures

The Gospel for Life

John 1:1