At least four thousand years in almost a thousand chapters of Hebrew Scripture. Then after four hundred years of heavenly silence marked only by a blank page, we come to the fulfilment of all that has gone before: Jesus, the Christ![1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. Abraham,Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 7”
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Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 6
The glorious future New Covenant is not just a deal between God and man. It is a person between God and man! Peter Mead, pleased to dwell, You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. “The heart of the human problem is the human heart!”[1] Dead to God, spiritually deadContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 6”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 5
Who is a God like this one, who forgives, pardons, loves steadfastly, shows compassion and faithfulness? It sounds like an Exodus 34 remix! And Micah ends with total trust in God’s loyalty to the promises made to Abraham and the Patriarchs! ~ Peter Mead, Pleased to Dwell You can see all posts in this seriesContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 5”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 4
Anticipating a prophet who can represent God to the people is great, but what about someone who can represent the sinful people to God? Hannah was a poor farmer’s wife. She was barren and desperately wanted a child. The elderly priest [Eli] couldn’t spot piety when it knelt praying before him, but God heard herContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 4”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 3
Would there ever be another prophet like Moses? A man who knew the LORD face to face and could represent Him to the people? Peter mead, pleased to dwell, 43 You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. How wonderful that we can answer “Yes and Amen” because of JesusContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 3”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 1
There is a solution to the devastation of sin and death. And it is not a ‘what?’ What shall we do? What can we say? What is required of us? None of that. The solution is a ‘who?’ He. The seed of the woman. As you read the Bible, be sure to be looking forContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 1”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell Introduction
At the centre of heaven is Christ, lovingly adored as the forever Lord of all. At the centre of Christmas is Christ, frail and cradled in the tender arms of a young mother. How can the two be put together? Heavenly glory and human frailty? That is the real wonder of Christmas. Peter mead, pleasedContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell Introduction”
Preaching with God
The Gospel is oxygen, and proclaiming the Gospel is exhaling. It’s just a matter of breathing it in and breathing it out. Peter Mead and Mike Chalmers run a podcast to help and encourage preachers. The episode today (which I listed to on my 5am-8am shift) was about how to get and keep a goodContinue reading “Preaching with God”
Cultural Disunity and the Triune God, Part 7–New Life, Identity, and Purpose
God graciously reconciles people to Himself and to each other through His Son, giving them a new life, identity, and a new pursuit in His Son. According to the Triune God, humanities problem of disunity ultimately comes down to individual people’s relationship with Him. “We were made for God—made to share intimately in His life and love—but Genesis 3 ends with Adam cut off from God, dying and driven out of His presence” (Scrivener 78). In Genesis 3, the representatives of the human race, the man who theologians call humanities’ first federal head, Adam (Evangelical Dictionary of Theology), adulterously rebelled against the God who loved them—which is what the Bible calls sin. And this historical event is why every human being has been and is born in alienation from God.
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 