Two Cities, Two Loves, Part 4

“From the Nile to the Euphrates” (Gen 15:18). The land God gave to his people included today’s Palestine, Jordan, parts of Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. “It would be fine if they took it all,” said U. S. Ambassador to Israel and Baptist minister, Mike Huckabee.

The Sermon on the Mount is, perhaps, the most famous discourse on record from the Lord Jesus. Snippets of this sermon appear in the Gospels of Mark and Luke, but the fullest treatment, of course, occurs in Matthew’s Gospel, chapters 5–7. Spanning three chapters […]

As we look around at the general troubles of the world and at the specific trials we face in our own contexts—ravaging wars, ethnic strife, poverty, pandemic, and persecution—we may wonder if God is really reigning […]

When Jesus was brought before Pilate, he was essentially accused of being a kind of rival king, a usurper to the throne. But when asked, he said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” What are the implications of this statement for us as Christians? For example, should believers separate themselves from the world? The […]