If Jesus was not God, yet knowingly received worship, He was a blasphemer and all who bow the knee to Him are guilty of idolatry. If Jesus began His existence at His birth, then the eternal Trinity is a fallacy. Neither would Jesus be God, for God is eternal. If Jesus was not God, yet […]
Who else could paint the detailed portrait of someone centuries before His appearance? The book of Isaiah overflows with proof of the deity of Christ. Let us consider ten such evidences. 1. The first and the last Three times over (Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; and 48:12) the Lord (Yahweh/Jehovah) declared Himself to be “the first and […]
What unspeakable beauty is seen in the omnipotent Servant’s humility I still remember the first time that I heard someone say that the Lord Jesus Christ is the theme of all the Scriptures. I vividly recall contemplating that statement and wondering if it were really true. For some time I had known that much of the […]
We know perfectly well why the Lord stopped reading where He did, for, thanks to the New Testament, we see something that Isaiah didn’t see. When we are new to the Bible, we are commonly struck by the differences between the Old and New Testaments. This is an understandable phenomenon given, among other things, the […]
His was the only life lived always for God, never for self. The 42nd chapter of Isaiah presents before our eyes the majestic perfections of the Servant of Jehovah. Here we have Jehovah speaking with great delight of the moral glories of His peerless Servant. “Who being in the form of God, thought it not […]
Like Isaiah, we need a renewed vision of Christ’s majesty and holiness. I[dropcap] I [/dropcap]n Isaiah 6, the reader is provided with a breathtaking vision of the very throne room of heaven. It is a passage most of us are so familiar with that we can easily lose sight of the privileged glimpse we are […]
It’s tempting to say, “We don’t have one.” Tempting, but wrong. Where is your pastor?” If your church is seeking to follow the New Testament pattern for leadership, this is a question you’re likely to hear again and again. How should we answer it? I’ll never forget my first time at the breaking of bread. […]
Counter-current exchangers appear to be designed, or engineered solutions to the specific physiological challenges faced by some animals but not others. Swimsuit-clad men, determined to qualify as U.S. Navy Seals, sit in the cool ocean water off Coronado Island near San Diego, California. Their body temperature gets lower and lower until they become hypothermic and […]
The Bible narrative is full of stories that prove this point: failures can yield the most valuable lessons we learn in life. Don’t be afraid of failures. Rather, be afraid of learning nothing from them. When my truck is in the camper mode for traveling with the Good News team, the truck cap has to […]