f the Gentiles are to rightly understand their relationship to the Jews, they must first understand the Jews' role in their coming to faith and remember that they have come to dwell in the house of Israel (and, therefore, ought not grow arrogant).
he scriptures teach us to perceive God’s work in the places we least expect it and to recognize that he uses failures to bring victories, making all things beautiful in their time.
he God of Israel is a God who is rich in kindness and mercy, who has every right to judge us for our sins and yet stands at the ready to forgive us, tenderly and graciously inviting us to turn from our sin and run to him and his name is Jesus Christ.
Officers in the church are given as servants of Christ for the purpose of discipleship and ought, therefore, to reflect Christ as appropriate to their particular callings.
Israel’s history has been shaped by the cross of Christ, where their salvation repeatedly comes through a tiny remnant and even death and resurrection.
The Jews are blessed in many ways—chief among these is the heart of a Savior and Lord who accursed Himself in order to save them.
God’s love for us is our confidence that no enemy can destroy us and that suffering can only make us more like Christ.
A substitute is needed to rescue God’s people from death, because God’s justice must be satisfied and the only substitute that can save us is Jesus Christ.
Christians ought to have a healthy discontentment with living in a fallen world, which is made bearable by understanding the surpassing greatness of what awaits us in heaven.
Being sons of God means that we can walk through the struggles of this life confident that not even death can keep us from our inheritance.
Between salvation and glory, God takes his people through a journey of humbling self-discovery that teaches them more and more to cry out for mercy and deliverance.
The law is good, but produces a toxic relationship with sinners because it inevitably provokes the sin within us and the only way out is through death (which we have in Christ).
The world belongs to God’s people who are called to meekly wait for the day when they shall possess it in transformed glory.
Yahweh, the God of Israel is the light of the world, the water of life and the bread of heaven, his house is a refuge for the needy and we meet him in Jesus Christ.
Everyone has master—demonstrated by whom they obey—but only one Master is able to grant eternal life to those who belong to him.
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