The Hidden Kingdom (Matthew 13:44-46)

Jesus' Kingdom parables disclose what it "is like", revealing the nature and economy of His realm to those with ears to hear (Matthew 13:9-17). As you'll see, he mentions nothing of physical realities or time-tables that appeal to natural minds and describes Kingdom realities unrelated to much of what we've heard and come to believe … Continue reading The Hidden Kingdom (Matthew 13:44-46)

Jesus, Our Leader, Lens and Life

"I have called Christ the 'first instance' of the new man. But of course He is something much more than that. He is not merely a new man, one specimen of the species, but the new man. He is the origin and centre and life of all the new men. He came into the created … Continue reading Jesus, Our Leader, Lens and Life

A God-Breathed Masterpiece

God created everything through His spoken word. But, on the sixth day, He made man very differently. He reached His hands into dust of the ground and formed the body of man. When He spoke everything else into existence, He did so from a distance, but, when it came to His crowning creation, man, it … Continue reading A God-Breathed Masterpiece