Learning to Read and Write Again
I believe God wants me to be a lifelong learner. To inform my mind for his glory, for the sake of all who live without the hope of Jesus, and for the building of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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I believe God wants me to be a lifelong learner. To inform my mind for his glory, for the sake of all who live without the hope of Jesus, and for the building of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Romans 16 does a stunning job in describing the rich layers of contributors to gospel work. It is a snapshot taken in time that depicts the dynamic advance of the gospel across the Mediterranean.
We who value Jesus’ word and persevere in hearing and accepting it should dial our expectations of God’s blessings up to eleven ... If the ground will receive and retain the seed then it can can exceed all reasonable prediction—thirty, sixty or even a hundred times!
In Isaiah 26, we have hints that the understanding of Zion/Israel is shifting in the direction of something less “ethnic” and more international ... We also have a surprisingly rare occurrence in Old Testament literature.
Acts describes the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s ultimate people, the church. That church starts with—and is initially made up almost exclusively of—Jews. Acts is at pains to show that the means by which God will reach the Gentiles is by first restoring a remnant of his covenant people.
