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“So watch yourselves! If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even...
Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law...
You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. The sacrifice you desire...
When you become aware of your guilt in any of these ways, you must confess your sin. Then you must bring to...
But no, all have turned away; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not a single one! Psalm 14:3 I remember when I first resolved to read through the whole Bible. I...
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13:7 At first glance, ...
Last Friday, I offered some reflections on Jeremiah 7:11. I explained how the Temple had become, for many Jews in the time of Jeremiah, like a “den of thieves.” They believed that they were safe...
As the residents of Judah continued to disregard God’s law, reveling in idolatry and injustice, they believed they were safe from God’s judgment because of the Temple in Jerusalem. After all, the...
God, who set up the sacrificial system of the Old Testament, says he doesn’t need sacrifices. Rather, he desires worship and obedience.
God revealed his law to Israel, showing them how they were to live in covenant relationship with him. But, in their sinfulness, the Jews could not obey God’s law with such perfections as...
If chapter 2 were all we had of Romans, we’d think that we had to spend our whole life trying to earn God’s salvation. Even more discouraging would be the knowledge that, in...
Last Friday, I began reflecting on Romans 2:1-4. Today, I want to focus on verse 4. It comes in the context of the claim that all of us are sinners, and that our...
Romans 1 ended with a long catalog of human wickedness. Chapter 2 begins with the recognition that we might hear such a list as condemning others but excusing ourselves. As a Jew, Paul had heard...
If this picture of human sinfulness seems too negative, just read the morning paper.
There is so much “wisdom” out there that is, in the end, anything but wise.
As Jesus entered Jerusalem to cries of "Hosanna," the crowd had high hopes for him. Surely, if he were the Messiah, Jesus would gather together an army and soon lead a successful attack...
Genesis 34 is rife with dishonor and deception.
After the man and woman sin, their first instinct is to hide. They hide from each other and even from themselves (Gen 3:7). Then, as God comes to walk with them in the...
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Adam's and Eve’s decisions stretch all the way to the modern workplace.
