
Does This Make Me a Pharisee?
Jesus is pointing out the hypocrisy of following man-made regulations and rules but ignoring the heart of the law of God, which is to love him and love neighbor.
Jesus is pointing out the hypocrisy of following man-made regulations and rules but ignoring the heart of the law of God, which is to love him and love neighbor.
Core Christianity was a broadcast that used a Q&A format to answer Bible and theology questions. Although they no longer have a daily broadcast, these past broadcast audio episodes from Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier, can give you valuable insight into Scriptural questions that can deepen your knowledge and understanding of God's Word.
Core Christianity was a broadcast that used a Q&A format to answer Bible and theology questions. Although they no longer have a daily broadcast, these past broadcast audio episodes from Pastor Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier, can give you valuable insight into Scriptural questions that can deepen your knowledge and understanding of God's Word.
Through a plot hatched in the mind of Naomi, executed through the faithful heart of Ruth, and realized through the pious eyes of Boaz, an outcast is grafted into the family of God.
When the moon eclipses the sun, it casts a shadow on the earth. We aren’t enamored by the shadow. We want to see what has caused it. In a similar way, we should use the shadows of Christ in the Old Testament to lift our eyes to Jesus and rest in him and devote ourselves to doing his will for God’s glory.
Having established the minimal facts of the resurrection, how do we respond when people suggest alternative theories for explaining the missing body, the empty tomb, and Christ’s post-resurrection appearances?
Understanding that the resurrection is a Trinitarian act is not a meaningless or abstract truth. Instead, knowing this helps us better understand how Scripture speaks about the pivotal event of the resurrection.
Faith enables us to believe that God is eminently worth serving. We perceive that the fight against our selfishness is worth our full attention and energy. We fix our eyes on Jesus who answered God’s call for human righteousness and bled and died for our disobedience.