December 28, 2003

Awesome – Deut. 7:21

“…for the Lord your God… is a great and awesome God.”                  How the world can take what is sacred and bring it down so low!  […]
December 14, 2003

Shaker – Hebrews 12:26-27

“Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” The structure of the book of Hebrews weaves a series of expositions of […]
December 7, 2003

Man of Sorrows – Isaiah 53:3

“He was…a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.” If we take the text literally, not even Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ — as […]
November 30, 2003

Blessed – Eph. 1:3

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…” (NKJV) The trend is changing, and I’m glad.  What trend?  The trend that people say […]
November 23, 2003

Pleasurable – Eph. 1:9

“…according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ…”                  It shouldn’t surprise us, but somehow it does.  It cuts across the grain of all […]