Luke 10:25-37 Summary: Jesus likely could have gotten dragged into a lengthy debate with this lawyer over who is and who is not a ‘neighbour.’ However, Jesus avoids the frivolous argument with this famous parable. The priest and Levite decided that it was too costly to stop and help this...

Luke 8:4-15 Summary: Whenever the crowds gathered in Jesus’ ministry, he was always keenly aware that the number of genuinely committed followers was always smaller than the crowd itself. His parable about the sower and the soils helps the disciples understand why people responded to him the way they did....

John 3:1-16   Summary: John tells us in chapter 20:31 that the whole reason he wrote his gospel was that we ‘may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing in him we may have life in his name.’ That goal is obvious throughout...

John 10:22-30   Series Summary: This is the last of a four part series entitled The Depths of Grace in which we’ve been examining our Reformed doctrine of grace through the lens of what are commonly called the “Five Points” of Calvinism. These five doctrines, often summarized by the acronym...

John 6: 35-40   Series Summary: This is the third of a four part series entitled The Depths of Grace in which we’ll be examining our Reformed doctrine of grace through the lens of what are commonly called the “Five Points” of Calvinism. These five doctrines, often summarized by the...

Romans 9:10-18   Series Summary: This is the second of a four part series entitled The Depths of Grace in which we’ll be examining our Reformed doctrine of grace through the lens of what are commonly called the “Five Points” of Calvinism. These five doctrines, often summarized by the acronym...

Ephesians 2:1-10   This is the first of a four part series entitled The Depths of Grace in which we’ll be examining our Reformed doctrine of grace through the lens of what are commonly called the “Five Points” of Calvinism. These five doctrines, often summarized by the acronym TULIP, are:...

Isaiah 42:1-20   The suffering servant of Isaiah is often seen and spoken of as a vision of the coming messiah. But the Old Testament suffering servant was supposed to be Israel, God’s people. How does Isaiah 42 help us consider God’s call upon his people to be servants of...

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11   The famous phrase ‘under the sun’ is what sets Ecclesiastes apart from any other book in the Bible. It is a strictly secular view of life–life only as it appears ‘under the sun’ without an awareness of God’s love or eternal life. Its purpose is to make...

Revelation 21:1-8 Revelation 21, like the rest of the book, is a vision given to suffering and tempted Christians to encourage them to persevere in their faith in Jesus Christ. In this case, it’s a vision of the glory that awaits us on the day of Christ’s return. Not only...