There has been a gradual but revolutionary shift in society’s understanding of personal identity and authenticity. The seeds of this particular change were sown over two centuries ago with the Romantic movement in the arts and…
After a two-week departure to consider the monumental decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the idolatry of independence opposing it, we now return to the series, “The Sacrifices of God’s People,” for the conclusion. The…
Yesterday was Independence Day, the annual commemoration of July 4, 1776 when members of the Continental Congress put quill to paper to ratify the Declaration of Independence. 246 years later, the founding fathers could never have imagined…
I am postponing the concluding blog in our series on “The Sacrifices of God’s People” to reflect on the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The egregious federal ruling issued Janusary 3, 1973 mandated access to abortion…
In our last post, we considered Paul’s description of our sacrifice to God in Romans 12:1. Through Christ, the Great High Priest, all those He redeems become priests who no longer need an earthly mediator…
In our last post, we considered our priestly duties of bringing spiritual sacrifices before the Father. The Father can only accept our sacrifices of praise, generosity, and good works because Christ has offered Himself as the…
In our last post, we considered how Christ’s work as our Great High Priest has wrought a change in our identity. We have passed from death unto life. We have been rescued from the Kingdom of Darkness…
In our last post, we saw that blood sacrifices were necessary for atonement. We also considered how the Old Testament sacrificial system foreshadowed Christ’s atoning sacrifice as well as our responsory sacrifices of gratitude, generosity, and…
In our last post we noted that it is Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice for sin that allows His people to offer the holy God fragrant, acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifices of praise, good works and generosity. In this…
Christ is the once for all sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:12) and it is by His sacrifice that we are perfected forever even though we are presently in the transforming process of sanctification (Hebrews 10:14). As…