Today I want to look at Philippians 2:9. We have studied one of the most beautiful passages in the entire Bible for the last 12 blogs. Verses 6-8 demonstrate to us what was involved in Christmas and h...  Read More

Have you met God? You have only met Him if your road brought you down the road to the cross. Michael Card tells the story of a Massai warrior named Joseph. Joseph was walking along a hot dirty African...  Read More

So, what can we learn from what we have said about the incarnation up to this point?1. We are not above doing anything for God. If Jesus could let go of His glory, if Jesus could empty Himself, if Jes...  Read More

“by becoming obedient to death.”The very fact that Jesus could choose to be obedient unto death speaks volumes as to who Jesus was. Can any of us accept death as obedience? No—for every one of us deat...  Read More

In obedience to the will of the Father, Jesus came to this earth and served. If you want to live an abundant life you must learn to serve according to the Father’s will. Jesus said if you want to be f...  Read More

Step four—He was made in Human Likeness. Jesus was totally man. God made him—that is by way of the virgin birth, Jesus was made into human likeness. Jesus did not just appear to be a man—He was totall...  Read More

PT Forsyth rocked me when I read, “Not to want to pray, then, is the sin behind sin. And it ends in not being able to pray.”Is there a time when the Holy Spirit quits drawing us to pray? Could we clos...  Read More

Hebrews 11 is a fascinating chapter…the writer gives us what some have called The Hall of Fame of Faith, but there is a common theme that runs throughout the chapter. In 11:10 he says of Abraham, “For...  Read More

I’ve been swimming in deep waters with John Owen in The Glory of Christ.  Let me share his thoughts on the glory of Jesus in His work as Mediator.“He was none other than the Son of God made man.He who...  Read More

In the Confessions, Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” I thought of that as I was reading John Owen yesterday. In his book, The Glory of Christ, he said, “Only a sight o...  Read More

One of the best things and at the same time the hardest thing I do in my daily spiritual discipline is to memorize Scripture. The older I get the harder I find it to be, but years ago I read a little ...  Read More

I’ve been memorizing Psalm 96 and this morning I was working on 11-13a. In the NLT is says, “Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! Let the ...  Read More