April 29, 2018

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The Lamb of God, Worship and the High Priestly Ministry of Jesus

The question and theme, “Where is the Lamb?” spans the entire Old Testament. Abraham, who was thankfully spared by God from fulfilling the task, offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice atop Mount Moriah. 2nd Chronicles 3:1 teaches that it was there that Solomon later built the temple. Upon the very rock where Abraham made

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The Incarnation and High Priestly Ministry of Jesus

Several of the earliest controversies and key battles in Church History were over Christ’s divine and human natures. One of the classic texts to explain why Jesus Christ had to become fully man, so that He might perform priestly service before God on man’s behalf is Hebrews 2:17-18. Christ’s priestly ministry propitiated (or turned aside) God’s

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How to Deal with Guilt, Condemnation and Shame with the Gospel

Joe and Barbara are both solid Christians. They regularly spend quality time in the Scriptures, in prayer, and are routinely involved in the life and ministry of their local church. Both though struggle with feelings of condemnation. Joe has secret sins that are eating away at him. Barbara regularly feels guilty because she periodically overeats.

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A Brief Word on the Gospel and the Old Testament

The English word “gospel” is an approximation of the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion), which means “good news” (Friberg). While it is presently in vogue to refer to the whole Bible, or at least salvation history, as “the gospel”, this term is probably best reserved for the specific work of God in Christ—His incarnation, His words,

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How Jesus Would Have Understood the Old Testament to Have Been Written to and About Himself

 There has been something of a biblical-theological revolution over the past several decades. It is not a revolution in which new doctrines are being uncovered, so much as it is one by which our understanding of a Christ-centered and redemptive-historical interpretation of Scripture is being refined. Many in Reformed and Calvinistic churches have welcomed this

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