OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOSPELS

• What the Gospel Isn’t: Four Errant ‘Gospels’ (June 2013)

• A Devotional Reading Guide to ‘The Final Days of Jesus’ (March 2014)

 

MATTHEW

• Matthew’s Gospel: A King and His Kingdom

• The Genealogy of Jesus Christ: A Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone (Matthew 1:1–17)

• Immanuel (Matthew 1:18-25)

• Darkness: The World In Which Christ Was Born (Matthew 1–2)

• Between Darkness and Light: The Lord Who Ordained the Darkness (Matthew 1–2)

• Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet? (Matthew 2:1–12) — Ivan Mesa with Colin Nicholl

• Identifying the Son: A Chiasmus for Christ (Matthew 3:1-4:17)

• B. B. Warfield and the Second Beatitude (Matthew 5:4)

• The Meek Will Inherit the Earth Tomorrow and Impact the World Today (Matthew 5:5)

• Cultivating An Appetite for Righteousness (Matthew 5:6)

• What Does Genuine Mercy Look Like? (Matthew 5:7)

• Blessed are the Merciful: Giving, Forgiving, and Thanksgiving (Matthew 5:7)

• Blessed are the Pure in Heart (Matthew 5:8)

• The ‘Heart’: A Biblical-Theological Sketch (Matthew 5:8)

• A Decade in the Making: Rightly Understanding Matthew 5:8 (Matthew 5:8)

• ‘As Yourself’: Jesus Command to Love (Matthew 22:39)

 

MARK

• Life is Good? How God’s Goodness Redefines the Good Life (Mark 10:17–18)

 

JOHN

• John 3:16: A Word-by-Word Meditation (John 3:16)

• The Great Exchange: How Jesus’ Life Trades Places with Our Death — Sermon Audio (John 11)

• The God of Comfort Who Grants Tailor-Made Mercy (John 20–21)

 

ACTS

• On Mission with the Triune God — Credo Magazine, August 2012

• Acts 13:13-41 (Pt. 1, Introduction and Creation) (Acts 13:13-41)

• Acts 13:13-41 (Pt. 2, Fall and Redemption) (Acts 13:13-41)

• Acts 13:13-41 (pt. 3, OT Fulfillment and Response) (Acts 13:13-41)

• Biblical Leadership (pt. 1) (Acts 20:24-27)

• Biblical Leadership (pt. 2) (Acts 20:24-27)

• The Bible in 3-D: Miles Van Pelt’s Biblical Theology (Acts 28:23)

 

ROMANS

• Gospel Logic and Revelational Beauty: John Stott on Romans 1:16-20 (Romans 1)

• Deviation from God’s Design — Sermon Audio (Romans 1:18–32)

• The Gospel is God’s Power to Save (Romans 1:16–17)

• What is Saving Faith? (Romans 4)

• Raised for Our Justification — Sermon Audio (Romans 4:23–25)

• Raised with Christ: How the Dead Come Alive (Romans 4:23–25)

 

1 CORINTHIANS

• First Corinthians in 16 ‘Tweets’ (February 2016)

• ‘Body Language’ in 1 Corinthians (February 2016)

 

THEOLOGICAL EXEGESIS: ESSAYS ON 1 CORINTHIANS

• A Perfect Balance: The Church Universal and Local (1 Corinthians 1:1–2)

• Finding Evidences of Grace (1 Corinthians 1:4–9)

• Waters That Unite: Five Truths About Water Baptism (1 Corinthians 1:11–17)

• The Wisdom of the Cross: Paul’s Use of Isaiah in 1 Corinthians 1 (1 Corinthians 1:19)

• What Demonstrates the Power of God? Miraculous Signs or Spiritual Resurrection (1 Corinthians 2:3–5)

• Being and Building a Better Church: Temple Language in Paul (1 Corinthians 3:9)

• Love Like Christ: A Look at 1 Corinthians 13 (1 Corinthians 13)

• The Gospel: Mere Facts or Mouth-watering Feast (1 Corinthians 15:1–8)

• Christ’s Resurrection Awakens Indifference (pt. 1) (1 Corinthians 15:12–20)

• Christ, the Firstfruits of the Resurrection (pt. 2)  (1 Corinthians 15:20–23)

• Christ’s Resurrection Confers Glory Upon Shameful Sinners (pt. 3) (1 Corinthians 15:35–49)

 

2 CORINTHIANS

• How Jesus’ Poverty Enriches Us to Give Sacrificially (2 Corinthians 8:9) (2 Corinthians 8:9)

 

GALATIANS

• Made Alive By the Spirit: The Pneumatology of Galatians (pt. 1) 

• The Gospel Preached Beforehand (Galatian 3:8)

• May We Boast in the Cross (Galatians 6:14)

 

EPHESIANS

• The Mystery of Marriage: A Parable of Christ and the Church (October 2008)

 

PHILIPPIANS

• Philippians 2:5–8: A Literary Structure (Philippians 2:5–8)

• Christ, Our Willing Sacrifice (Philippians 2:5–8)

 

COLOSSIANS

• Bearing Fruit and Growing!! (Colossians 1:6-8)

• How Can We Know an Invisible God? (Colossians 1:15)

• Adamic Imagery in Colossians 1:15 (Colossians 1:15-20)

• Suffering for the Sake of the Body, part 1 (Colossians 1:24)

• Suffering for the Sake of the Body, part 2 (Colossians 1:24)

 

PASTORAL EPISTLES

• Why Non-Pastors Should Read the Pastoral Epistles (August 2014)

 

HEBREWS

• Do Not Forsake Assembling Together: What Some in Church History Have Said about Hebrews 10:24–25 (Hebrews 10)

• Faith Works: The Obedience of Faith in Hebrews 11 (Hebrews 11)

 

JAMES

• Walk in the Way of Wisdom: Be Slow to Anger (James 1:19-21)

 

1 JOHN

• 1 John 1:1-4: We See Because He First Showed Himself (1 John 1:1–4)

 

REVELATION

• Will Revelation 11:18 be Green? (Revelation 11:18)

• The Eternal Gospel (Revelation 14:6–7)

• Eternal Judgment: An Unbelievable Problem or A Blessed Promise? (Revelation 19:1–5)