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Continue reading →: Advent Week 3 – A Covenant Theology of ChristmasWhat is Covenant Theology A covenant is a legal agreement between two parties, one of which holds power over the other. It outlines the terms of the agreement and the consequences if the lesser party does not meet the terms of the agreement. In biblical times it was often finalized…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: David
Who? Who is David? David is probably one of the most famous of the family tree of Jesus, having been immortalized as the youth who took down the giant Goliath of Gath. He also happens to have been etched in marble by Leonardo DaVinci. But David, like we have seen…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: RuthWho? Much like Rahab, Ruth is a fascinating character in scripture – so fascinating in fact that she has a whole book dedicated to a period of her life. Much like Rahab, Ruth was not originally a part of the Hebrew people – she was a Moabitess. This was a…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: RahabWho? Who is this woman who is a part of the family tree of Jesus. Rahab is an interesting character, and she is an example of how being a part of the community of God’s people was never limited to only the Hebrew people. We are given several details about…
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Continue reading →: Advent Week 2 – A Systematic Theology of ChristmasWhat is Systematic Theology With each week of our Advent study, I want to be sure that I clearly define what I’m talking about when referencing the different types of theology. During the first week of Advent, we discussed how we see the study of God building on itself through…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: Jacob
Who Jacob is the grandson of Abraham, the son of Isaac, and the younger of a set of twins. He is the last of the three men who are classified as being the patriarchs of the Hebrew people, and is the one patriarch to have a wife with multiple pregnancies…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: AbrahamWho? Abraham is the father of the Hebrew nation. He left his home in Ur of the Chaldeans to travel to Canaan with his wife, Sarai (who would become known as Sarah) and his nephew Lot along with both their households (Genesis 12). As the first of the three men…
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Continue reading →: A Family Christmas Tree: AdamGenesis 1:26-30; Genesis 2-3; Romans 5:12 Who Was Adam? Adam is the first man. His name being the Hebrew word for “man” – showing all kinds of imagination. Adam and Eve were the pinnacle of God’s creation, made on the sixth day, and were given dominion over every living thing.…
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Continue reading →: Advent Week 1 – A Biblical Theology of ChristmasWhat is Biblical Theology It’s almost funny to try and define Biblical Theology, because of course, theology should be biblical. But what we mean when we use the term biblical theology is that we are looking at how our understanding of who God is has developed over the course of…
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Continue reading →: Why are We Leaving the Church?Before we get too far into this blog I want to make a few things clear. People are leaving….why? People Are Leaving….Why? This is just my opinion, but I think we all recognize that people are leaving churches. Specifically, people are noticing that middle and younger millennials are leaving, and…
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