Why We Need the Bad News of Israelite History
There’s nothing wrong with the creation-fall-salvation model except that the habit of skipping the in-between part—Israel’s messy history—can lead us to think it insignificant.
There’s nothing wrong with the creation-fall-salvation model except that the habit of skipping the in-between part—Israel’s messy history—can lead us to think it insignificant.
Christians often wonder how to relate the Old Testament to Jesus. Thankfully, Jesus’s last words to his disciples offers us a lot of wisdom.
Don’t miss how God describes us. Redeemed. Called by name. Mine. Precious. Honored. Loved. Here is God’s heart for us.
It would’ve been easy for Jacob’s descendants to thumb their nose at their Edomite enemies. Christians face the same temptation.
Amos is about the Triune God, the God of Covenant, and his judgment, Andrew M. King writes.