Photo by Daniel Jensen on Unsplash ALEX’S COMMENTARY The passage points to two common mistakes in our Christian walk: first, our tendency to deal with real life without considering the glorious and eternal; second, our pretense of the perfect, problem-free...
Photo by Max Wolfs on Unsplash COMMENTARY Psalm 146 is the first of the five final Hallelujah psalms that bring the book of Psalms to its conclusion. Each of these psalms begins and ends with the exclamation “Hallelujah!” or “Praise the LORD!” The praise of God is the...
Photo by Jordan Wozniak on Unsplash Commentary “Put on Christ, this includes all. Put on the righteousness of Christ for justification; be found in him (Phil. 3:9) as a man is found in his clothes; put on the priestly garments of the elder brother, that in them...
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Alex’s Comment Besides providing the fundamental Truth for our hope, the passage works as a reset button for our self-centered tendencies championed by our Supra-Enemy, culture. I am always amazed by how easy it is for us to...
Photo by Jacqueline Munguía on Unsplash Alex’s Commentary What makes future glory unique is not the streets of gold, new homes, or wolves and sheep getting along. It is unique because the Triune God of the Universe will be there. Permanently. And we, His...
Photo by Yume Photography on Unsplash Commentary The “labor springing out of love” (1 Thess. 1:3), which they needed to keep growing in (4:1, 10), is indeed a catalyst for rejoicing based on Timothy’s report back to Paul (1 Thess. 3:6). There is only...