Jesus Christ is the Ark of the New Covenant. He is our place of atonement, our mercy seat. He puts a lid on the righteousness that might otherwise condemn us by offering his very self in our stead on the cross.
Because the biblical story unfolds in real places among real people, archaeology helps us understand the world in which God's saving work took place and, in turn, enriches our reading of Scripture.
The Reformers did not return to the sources because they believed the old was better than the new, nor because antiquity possesses authority simply by virtue of its age. They returned to the sources to recover the language and words that were actually written and spoken, especially those by great teachers and, most importantly, God Himself.

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Looking back on the year, the narrative we’re fed is that we should be able to show how much we’ve grown, how much we’ve done, all the successes we’ve had, how improved we are.
God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
Instead of defining the true church in the way of the law, Augustine approaches the issue pastorally in the way of the gospel.
If someone confesses their sins into my ears, I have no options but to forgive them in the name of Christ.
Where Erasmus saw fear and collapse, Luther saw the never-ending comfort of Christ and his gospel.
When we read this chapter, we find that we are actually shaped by the word.
This creed is no mere squabble over words. Salvation is on the line.
They cannot know that I am already a father, but, this side of eternity, I won’t ever meet my child because of a miscarriage.
To be lukewarm is to take refuge in your own works apart from the works of God.
Christ triumphantly brings about a new day, an eighth day, the first day of a new week.
If sin is not “imputed” or “reckoned to” the sinner then who is it reckoned to? The good news is that it’s reckoned to God