What is the House of God?

Jesus Cleansing the Temple by Carl Bloch

Consider this: “If God’s so great, why does He need His people to worship Him? Is He insecure?” This taunt is one many of us have likely heard before. Like all taunts directed at the Most High, it reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of who God is, what happens in His House, and why we continue to show up day after day, month after month, year after year.
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In Christ One Does Not Sit with Evildoers

Treasures of the Bible -- Bearing Fruit, by John Henry Hipsley

Therefore, today’s Psalm is first and foremost to be offered by Jesus. It is one that He could freely and without deceit offer to God, even when He was charged with capital crimes. He was, is, and ever shall be the Perfect Man. He is the One Who is ever able to offer His guiltless petitions and pleas before the Holy God. That is Good News, for Jesus. But, what does it say of the use of the Psalm for everyone else?

The Way of Salvation is Folly to Outsiders

Sermon for Trinity 5 Wednesday July 20, 2022

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise?… Continue reading The Way of Salvation is Folly to Outsiders