The Meaning of Marriage
Timothy Keller (along with his wife Kathy) wrote “The Meaning of Marriage” to help married couples and single people understand what marriage is, why our society’s view of marriage is often wrong, and how Scripture ...
“Do Not Be Afraid!” The Urgent Message of Easter Messengers
What fears do you, like the two Marys in Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 28:1-10), bring with you to the tomb this Easter week? Perhaps never in our lifetimes has it been as easy to identify a ...
His Mission: Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
His Mission is a compilation of expositions by eight different authors and a written account of a panel discussion that took place with four of those same contributors. These works were compiled under the direction ...
The Drama of Ephesians: Participating in the Triumph of God
Timothy Gombis is associate professor of New Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His PhD dissertation was on divine warfare in Ephesians. Can you remember the last time you read Paul’s ...
Preach the Word – March/April 2020
Volume 23, Number 4 What's the Point? I have a confession to make. I once attended Joel Osteen’s church. Okay, twice. I went twice. My wife and I lived in Houston, TX for a year, ...
D̶o̶ ̶Y̶o̶u̶ ̶H̶a̶v̶e̶ Where Are Your Blind Spots?
Isn’t it quite stunning in Sunday’s gospel (John 9:1-7, 13-17, 34-39) that the only one besides Jesus who seems to see things clearly is a blind-from-birth beggar? The disciples see this blind beggar, but they ...
Blessed is the Man: A Man’s Journey Through the Psalms – Psalms of Lament
Blessed Is the Man is a devotion book written by a compilation of authors, all connected to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. The eight contributors each have a paragraph-long biography on pages 4 and 5 of ...
Four Branches – February 2020
Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: Three Passion Predictions from Zechariah: Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will be Scattered Jesus told his disciples, “This very night you will all fall away on ...
Wittenberg vs. Geneva: A Biblical Bout in Seven Rounds on the Doctrines that Divide
Brian William Thomas is a pastor at Grace Lutheran Church (LC-MS) in San Diego, CA. He formerly served as a naval officer. He is a graduate of Christ College in Irvine, CA and Concordia Seminary. ...
“God, I Thank You That…”
My sinful nature needs little nourishment to feed smug self-satisfaction, but an unbelieving world provides a smorgasbord. If it’s not another mass murderer semi-automatically butchering people, then it’s the drug deal gone bad with bullets ...