What does the account of Christ sending his two disciples into Jerusalem to find and follow a man carrying a water jug tell us? Why such cryptic directions? Is God…
A Lesser Lenten Light – One Who Did What She Could
Mary had listened and understood; she had listened more carefully than Christ's disciples and had believed what Jesus said. Thus she came to the meal at Simon the Leper's home…
A Lesser Lenten Light – One Poor Widow
We are familiar with many of the major figures woven into the account of Christ's final week before his crucifixion: from Judas the betrayer and Caiaphas the High Priest, to Peter…
The Living Tabernacle – The Ark and the Mercy Seat
After showing us the other major features of the tabernacle – the altar, the laver, the twelve loaves, the menorah and the altar of incense – where is the Holy…
The Living Tabernacle – The Altar of Incense
In Christ's prayer of John 17, we come to the antitype of the altar of incense in the tabernacle. Christ and his effectual intercession for his people was pictured in…
The Living Tabernacle – The Lampstand
The menorah or lampstand within the Holy Place of the tabernacle not only reminded Israel of God's truth and revelation, but it pointed to the greatest revelation of God: his…
The Living Tabernacle – Showbread
The showbread in the tabernacle, represented God's people always under his care and also pointed to Christ. We partake of the true bread from heaven that imparts eternal life, the…
The Living Tabernacle – Water and Spirit
As the Apostle John continued to record events in Christ's ministry – his tabernacling in the midst of his people (cf.John 1:14) – we can see the tabernacle's bronze basin…
The Living Tabernacle – Altar and Sacrifice
The eternal Word who was with God in the beginning and who was God (John 1:1) took up our human nature and dwelt with us; literally, he tabernacled with men.…
The Often Overlooked Christmas Story
Struggling with God's sovereignty in the midst of trials? Do the tragedies of life make sense? Where is God in all the sorrow and grief? Had death touched your Christmas…