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Jun 16, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
"Evangelism…is the task of communicating a message from the Creator to rebel mankind. The message begins with information and ends with an invitation. The information concerns God’s work of making His Son a perfect Savior for sinners. The invitation i
Jun 9, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
On the day of the LORD the holiness of God will be revealed in all its danger and safety. It will be a day of dread and a day of hope; a day of punishment and a day of reward; a day of judgment and a day of salvation.
Jun 2, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The imagery of danger and safety is a central theme of Zechariah 14 and his description of the day of the LORD. On that day, the day when Christ returns to judge the earth and all who dwell therein, everyone will discover that God is not safe. The danger
May 26, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
God is not safe. There is a danger in God and that danger is His holiness.
May 19, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Zechariah 14 is filled with frightening images and scary words. And yet, if we are to be good students of the Bible; if we are, as Paul tells Timothy, to present ourselves to God as workmen who need not be ashamed, who use the word of God correctly; then
May 12, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
According to the apostle Paul, Real life means knowing the Lord Jesus Christ. It means living in a faith-relationship with the Son of God. This is what Paul means when he writes: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ
Apr 21, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
John begins the story of the resurrection with Mary Magdalene arriving at the tomb while it was still dark. Upon seeing the stone rolled away from the tomb, she immediately ran to tell Peter and John. Mary did not look in the tomb. We don’t know what sh
Apr 14, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The day Jesus rode into Jerusalem—the day we celebrate as Palm Sunday, He was met with a variety of reactions. One of the more noticeable things about John’s account of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem is how different people react differently to Jesu
Mar 24, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The most important feature of Jesus’ role as shepherd is that He lays down his life for the sheep. Of course, His intention is to live and protect them. But Jesus cares so much for the sheep that he is willing to come between his flock and danger. He is
Mar 17, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
The connection between Zechariah 13.7 and the death of Jesus Christ lies in this: in both cases God does something unexpected. Sometimes God does the unexpected to help us see His love through a different lens.
Mar 10, 2019 7:00 AM America/New_York
Zechariah 13 ends with God refining His people as silver and testing them like gold. The aim of this refining and testing is so they will call upon His name and He will answer them.
Mar 3, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Here is as clear a picture of the death of Jesus as you will find in the OT. Pause and linger over this text. The death of Jesus Christ is both the fulfillment of OT prophecy and the starting point of the new covenant of salvation by grace through faith.
Feb 24, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
The God who made heaven and earth, also made us in His image and likeness. He breathed His Spirit into us and designed us to rely on Him to lead us through every circumstance we encounter. Come what may, we can trust Him to help us through. We can trust H
Feb 17, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Reading Zechariah 11 is like reading a book or watching a movie in which your favorite character keeps making the same mistakes over and over again. Despite being warned by God not to repeat the mistakes made by their ancestors Zechariah's generation will
Feb 10, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
In many ways the generation addressed by Zechariah is not all that different from the generation addressed by Moses. They have the form of religion but not its substance. And even though they consider themselves to have descended from Abraham, Isaac, and
Feb 3, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Having set the table Zechariah now describes how the LORD will make the enemies of the King His footstool. God will help the King restore His people and protect them in a climactic battle against their enemies. By this the LORD will do for His people what
Jan 27, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
The message of Psalm 110 is simple and profound: Our God reigns. His light still shines and the darkness has not overcome it. He rules even in the midst of His enemies. The subject of the psalm is the Lord Jesus Christ. We know this because Jesus quoted t
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
"This psalm is one of the most notable of the sacred hymns. The brightness of this Psalm is like unto a sapphire stone ... it flames out with such flashes of light as to turn night into day. This holy song casts a clear light even to the uttermost parts o
Jan 13, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Psalm 90 is the first psalm in the fourth book of the psalms. It is a prayer of Moses, the man of God and is placed here to encourage Israel to lift their eyes above their circumstances to see the God who reigns and rules regardless of their current condi
Jan 6, 2019 6:00 AM America/New_York
Psalm 84 is a love song dedicated to the temple in Jerusalem. Whether or not the psalmist was familiar with the daily activities of temple worship, offerings, and sacrifice his passionate vocabulary reveals a deep yearning to worship God and experience Hi
Nov 25, 2018 6:00 AM America/New_York
Inasmuch as 500 years after Zechariah spoke this these words, Jesus Christ fulfilled them when He entered Jerusalem riding a donkey on the very first Palm Sunday, it is only appropriate to study this text on this last Sunday before Advent—the day we cal
Nov 18, 2018 6:00 AM America/New_York
A change is gonna come means: "Cheer up; you're a lot worse off than you think you are, but in Jesus you're far more loved than you could have ever imagined.” When it comes to the judgment of God, some receive justice while others receive mercy.
Oct 28, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
Post tenebras lux (After darkness light) became the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation. The phrase refers to the rediscovery of biblical truth in a time of spiritual darkness. After years of being covered up, the Reformation represented the dawn o
Sep 30, 2018 7:00 AM America/New_York
As we approach this last vision given to Zechariah, God has separated the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats, the true believers from the false. The stage is set. All that remains is for the chariots of God’s wrath to be released to carry ou