“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #186 “And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what …
Surveying the Text: 2 Corinthians
Introduction: We are called to great glory, but we are called to great glory out of a great mess. God is in the process of restoring a remarkable ruin—say of a cathedral—and the greatness of this undertaking is seen when we consider how great the ruin is. Man was created as the image bearer of …
The Politics of Sodomy 4: Remember Lot’s Wife
Introduction: How do we as individuals respond to the situation we find ourselves in? How can we be faithful in our generation? These very practical questions, and they require answers that are equally practical. What are we to do? How are we to live? The Texts: “And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all …
Baptism for the Dead
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #185 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? (1 Cor. 15:29). This now brings us to a cryptic argument that …
Praying Jalapeños
Okay, I love Logos Bible Software, and so that means this is in no way a complaint. They do great things. It is just that a graphic that appeared on their home page today reminded me of Pet Peeve #48. I can’t show you the graphic because they must have crammed too many pixels into …
Surveying the Text: 1 Corinthians
Introduction: The theme of this book is the battle between division and unity. But we must follow the wisdom of God. Not only are false division and true unity at odds, so also are true division and false unity at odds. Unity with idols is division. Division from evil is righteousness and real unity. The …
Running From Honest Confession
A man who confesses his sins is doing something like this. In prayer to God, he names the sin he has committed, and he takes care to use the same name that the Bible uses. He does this because he is repentant and has turned away from that sin, rejecting it entirely. He thanks God …
All Things Under His Feet
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #184 “For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall …
Herein Is Love
Foreigner famously sang “I want to know what love is.” There are different ways to address such a foundational question from Scripture, and I just noticed another one of them this morning. “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we …
Surveying the Text: Romans
Introduction: The book of Romans is the Magna Carta of the human soul. The book of Romans contains as thorough a statement of genuine liberty as can be found anywhere in all of human literature. The book of Romans is a book of life, a tree of life. The book of Romans is a three-foot-thick …