Resurrection Sunday Devotional Main Text: Luke 24:1-7 There have been many wonderful moments in human history. Just within the past 200 years, we have seen: the invention of telephones, televisions, and computers; the development of x-rays, CT scans, and world-changing…
Saturday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 26:62-66 Think about the last time you made a mistake, and tried to keep it from being revealed. Perhaps you told a lie that got out of hand, or manipulated a situation to make yourself…
Good Friday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 27:45-56 It would be an understatement to say that there are many problems facing mankind. Such are the consequences of living in a sin-cursed world (Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:19-22). Yet in God’s perfect timing,…
Tuesday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 21:23-23:39 Everybody has an ultimate authority for what they believe and how they live. If pressed hard enough, people will eventually appeal to a supreme standard that governs their intellectual convictions and daily actions. When…
Monday Devotional Main Text: Matthew 21:12-22 It has been well said that death focuses the mind. As one thinks about death, the human tendency is to be drawn to what is supremely cherished. Indeed, the prospect of death tends to…
Note: Part 1 of this series. Passage of Focus: Luke 1:26-38 (cf. Isaiah 9:6-7) Cur Deus Homo. Translation: “Why God Became Man.” Such a phrase encapsulates one of the greatest mysteries that has ever been pondered by mankind, and it…
Introduction Last time we left off talking about sin. Namely, whether our first parents sinned, the definition of sin, and the nature of that sin our first parents committed. Now we begin to look into the effects of the preliminary…
*Note: Parts 1 and Part 2 of this series What is truth? For the human race, few questions are more recurring—and few pursuits are more elusive—than identifying absolute truth in reality. Even the most intellectually astute philosophers seem no closer…
Introduction Now that we have considered God’s existence, attributes, and trinity, we may begin to contemplate His acts. We start not with the external acts of God. We start with the internal acts, namely His decrees or sometimes referred to…
*Note: This is the third installment in a three-part series. You can access part one (link to article) and part two (link to article) on the Covenant Confessions blog. Premises 3 and 4: Moreover, God has transcribed His moral law…