This material comes from a video sermon that I made for Axis Student Ministry’s YouTube channel which aired on April 1st 2020. For a bit of context, the video that this sermon was in was released during the Spring Break in which everyone was on lock-down quarantine because of COVID-19. Have you ever experienced something … Continue reading Expressing our Disappointment
Month: March 2020
Sabbath Law and COVID-19
The Sabbath laws were critical in ancient Israelite worship. God rested on the seventh day of Creation, and His example set a precedent for how the entire nation was to conduct its business. Remembering the Sabbath made it into the Ten Commandments. Several chapters of Torah are devoted to explaining its inner workings. When Sabbath … Continue reading Sabbath Law and COVID-19
Embodying Repentance
Let us return to our look at biblical repentance. If you haven’t checked out the previous two blogs on this subject, I would highly recommend that you do so. This one is a continuation of those other two. Specifically, I would like to further explore what it might mean for us to live-out the concept … Continue reading Embodying Repentance
Repentance: A Key to the Kingdom?
This blog is a continuation of my study on biblical repentance. If you haven’t read the previous post “A Brief Look at Biblical Repentance,” I encourage you to do that first. I plan to narrow our focus here on one of the Greek words for “repentance” used in the New Testament: metanoio μετανοέωas. That previous blog … Continue reading Repentance: A Key to the Kingdom?
A Brief Look at Biblical Repentance
Repentance is hard to define. It seems that everyone has their own idea on what it’s supposed to mean. In particular, if you follow any sort of celebrity news, you might be familiar with Hollywood-style apologies. Tiger Woods, after being caught in adulterous acts, made the statement that: “I have let my family down and … Continue reading A Brief Look at Biblical Repentance
Judges 6 and the Sign of the Fleece
If you have spent any time around churches, you likely have heard the phrase “I just felt led to do this.” And it’s true, God does confirm our steps or guide our path from time to time (Proverbs 16:9, Psalm 37:23-24). But what happens when He doesn’t? More so, what happens when we have big … Continue reading Judges 6 and the Sign of the Fleece
Scripture Simplified 