Christology

John 20:30–31

What place does Bible study hold in your life? All of us should be concerned to study Christian doctrines, for in doing so we will be able to present a distinctly Christian worldview and be assured that the Jesus whom ...Read More

Christ Our Passover

1 Corinthians 5

Christ’s sacrifice as the ultimate Passover gives us a knowledge of sin and its effects, freedom from its power, and confidence to mortify it that the old covenant saint did not fully enjoy. Consequently, we can cast out the ...Read More

Christ, Our Solid Foundation

Matthew 7:24–29

“On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand,” wrote Edward Mote. In endeavoring to serve Jesus, we see how far we fall short of His demands, confessing that our righteousness does not exceed that of ...Read More

Christ’s Descent into Hell

Matthew 27:45–46

Sin against an infinite being demands an infinite punishment in hell. In a few hours, Jesus suffered and exhausted the infinite punishment that impenitent people cannot exhaust even after an eternity in hell. He could do this because, in His ...Read More

Christ’s Divine Authority

Matthew 9:1–8

Some theological traditions tend to pursue physical healing as if it is the ultimate need of human beings. Yet while it is good to ask the Lord to heal us when we are ill, we fundamentally need our sins to ...Read More

Christ’s Resurrection and Ours

1 Corinthians 15:20–23

John Calvin writes, “As … Adam did not die for himself alone, but for us all, it follows, that Christ in like manner, who is the antitype, did not rise for himself alone; for he came, that he might restore everything ...Read More

Comprehending the Course of History

Focus your thoughts on the second advent of Jesus Christ by reading Matthew 24.Read More

Confidence in Christ

Hebrews 4:14

The book of Hebrews tells us to hold to our confession of faith not because we are able to do so but because Christ’s power will make us stand firm. We cannot trust in our ability to work up ...Read More

Cosmic Reconciliation

Colossians 1:19-20

Perhaps an easier way to understand what the Bible says about cosmic reconciliation is to refer to it as cosmic restoration. Though our Lord’s work redeems His people from sin and death, His accomplishment was so great that no ...Read More

Council of Nicea

John 1:1–18

The deity of Christ is very important. As God He is able to bring us face to face with the Father and restore to us that which has been marred in the fall. Moreover, because Christ is God, there is ...Read More

David’s Greatest Son

Matthew 12:22–23

Righteous dominion over the earth is given to all of God’s people. We cannot make all things serve the Lord by our own efforts, but Christ has come to die for our sins and fulfill God’s purpose for ...Read More

Defining Our Relationship

Reflect on the mysterious union of Christ and the church as illustrated by the marriage relationship.Read More

Denying God’s Transcendence

1 Chronicles 29:11

The immanentism we have discussed today is still with us. The New Age idea that we are all divine is a further alteration of immanentistic thought and also draws upon Eastern religions. We must be on guard against any view ...Read More

Domesticating Jesus

Luke 4:16–30

The Christian faith does not believe in an ethereal kind of salvation that only encompasses a world we cannot see. Instead, because God created everything good and because He purposes to redeem His creation, we know that the final redemption ...Read More

Draw Near in Confidence

Hebrews 4:16

God’s holiness should indeed cause those who do not know Christ to run far away from Him. Those who know Christ, however, must remember Calvin’s assertion that “when Christ receives us under His protection and patronage, He covers ...Read More