Matthew 1:1-25 In his Advent devotional, The Dawn of Redeeming Grace , Sinclair Ferguson notes that traditional Christmas Eve services often begin with the words spoken by the shepherds after they were told that Christ had been born: “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us” (Luke 2:15, KJV). He further notes that the service leader often follows the quotation with an invitation to the congregation to

The season of Advent begins next Sunday November 30. The theme of our Advent series this year is: Behold Your King! This week, however, we are focusing on “A King like No Other” from Philippians 2:5-11, which will prepare us to walk through the life of Christ from His birth to His coming again. While reading an online *Bible commentary on another passage highlighting the Kingship of Christ (Colossians 1:15-20), I was struck by its opening. It begins: “The first half of Paul’s

Proverbs 9:10 We continue our reading in the book of Proverbs as we look at Proverbs chapter nine this week. Once again, we come across one of the most dominant themes in Proverbs: the fear of the LORD. This phrase is one of those greatly misunderstood phrases within the Bible, because often when we think of fear, we think of the kind of terror that makes you run away or fight, “that heart-pounding, what in the world is happening, how can I get myself out of this thing?” What

Proverbs 8 One of the greatest Christian philosophers of the 20th century was Francis Schaeffer. He and his wife started L’Abri in Switzerland, a community seeking the truth and wisdom of God. One of Schaeffer’s books is titled “He Is There and He Is Not Silent.” It’s a great book presenting various arguments for God’s existence. Within this book, he basically lays out the case for God and the Christian worldview from multiple angles easily comprehended by the average person.

Proverbs 3:13-35 In early 2009 an advertisement appeared on the sides of London’s red buses, sponsored and paid for by various humanist...

Proverbs 3:9-12 Commentators on the book of Proverbs note regularly that “Many of Proverbs' sayings will seem counterintuitive or...