The Biblical Doctrine of Christian Hope Hebrews 6:17-20So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might…
Psalm 34Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD…
(From Scripture, the 1689 London Baptist Confession, and the Puritan Witness) IntroductionWhat is true Biblical faith? Our Confession of Faith, faithfully summarising Scripture, says:“The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought…
Psalm 33Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to Him with the harp of ten strings!Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work…
1 Corinthians 13v13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (ESV)
Psalm 84To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a…
The Command to Rebuild the TempleIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high…
Psalm 2Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us burst Their bonds apart and cast away Their cords from us.”He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them…
Haggai 2:20-23The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month,“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations,…
Psalm 85LORD, You were favorable to Your land; You restored the fortunes of Jacob.You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. SelahYou withdrew all Your wrath; You turned from Your hot anger.Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away Your indignation toward us!Will You be angry with us…