What Does the Bible Really Say About Israel?
Ever since, Christians have wrestled with important questions. Is the modern State of Israel the same Israel we read about in the Bible? Do God’s promises to Abraham still matter today? Has the Church replaced Israel? How should Christians think about Israel, Palestinians, antisemitism, Zionism, and a Jewish people who largely reject Jesus Christ as Messiah?
The Promise That Changed the World
“Now the LORD said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.’”
— Genesis 12:1
Babel: Whose Kingdom Are You Building?
Humanity has always dreamed of building something great enough to unite us, strong enough to secure us, and lasting enough to preserve our name long after we are gone.
Babel: The City of Man vs. the Kingdom of God
Genesis 11 opens with humanity possessing remarkable unity: one people, one language, and one purpose. Yet rather than using that unity to glorify God, they settled in Shinar and determined to build a city and tower for themselves. Babel reminds us that unity is not automatically virtuous. Unity is only as righteous as the truth around which we unite.
When Fresh Starts Aren’t Enough
Genesis 9:20–21 — “Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.”
After the Flood: Why a Fresh Start Is Never Enough
We imagine that if we could change our circumstances, escape our past, rebuild our society, or simply begin again, things would finally be different. Yet Scripture consistently confronts us with a harder truth: a new beginning cannot produce a new nature.
After the Flood: A New Beginning Under God’s Covenant Grace
The account of Noah’s Flood stands among the most familiar narratives in all of Scripture. Children marvel at the ark and the animals it carried, while skeptics often dismiss the story altogether.
Remembered by God: Resting in His Covenant Faithfulness
These four words mark the turning point of the Flood narrative. God had not forgotten Noah during the long months aboard the ark. Throughout Scripture, God’s remembrance is covenant language. It describes the moment when He moves toward His people in mercy and acts according to His promises. His faithfulness never wavers, even when His people are waiting in silence.
The Flood of Judgment and the Ark of Grace
The account of Noah and the flood is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Too often it is reduced to a children’s story about animals entering an ark two by two. But Genesis 6:9–7:24 presents something far greater. It is a profound revelation of God’s holiness, the seriousness of human sin, the certainty of divine judgment, and the astonishing grace of God in providing a way of salvation.
Safe in the Ark of Grace
Noah lived in one of the darkest periods in human history. Violence, corruption, and wickedness had consumed the earth, yet Noah remained faithful. Scripture does not present him as a sinless man but as a man justified by faith whose trust in God produced a life of obedience. While the world walked away from God, Noah walked with Him.