Christ of the Poor
Since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. — 2Cor 8:7
The Peculiar Grandeur of the Gospel
From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. — 2Cor 5:16
Towards the Heavenly Harvest
We have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. — 2Cor 5:1
The Surety of Unseen Things
The things that are seen are transitory, but the things that are unseen are eternal. — 2Cor 4:18
Trinity: Source and Summit
Ever since the world began, your throne has been established; you are from everlasting. — Psalm 93:3
Fire and Light
When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and so you renew the face of the earth — Psalm 104:30
Gone, but not Absent
The Lord gave the Word: Great was the company of the preachers. — Ps. 68:11
The River of God is Full of Water
You allowed men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water; but you brought us out into a place of plenty. — Psalm 66:11
Intimacy & Doubt
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. ~~ Isa 26:4
Triumphal Entry
This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those day… ~~ Mark 11:1,11
The Days are Coming …
“This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” — The Prophet Jeremiah (Jer 31:33)
Refreshment in the Wilderness
“Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost.” — Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Jn 6:12)
Fascinated by the Law
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. — Ex 20:2
Foreshadowing the Cross
If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. — Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mark 8:34)
Temptation of the Wilderness
Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison. — The Apostle Peter (1 Pe 3:18-19)