Wscal - Morning Devotions

It is possible to work so hard at studying the Word that we miss the primary apostolic application of Scripture, that it is to work and have an affect in us.

A biblical confession of faith in the face of affliction.

Prominent themes of biblical revelation are joined to help us better understand our covenantal relationship with God.

God's name and character are written in creation while his essential being is ontologically transcendent.

The Lord is sovereign and holy and cannot be manipulated, thereby extinguishing a syncretistic approach to worship.

The Lord is the source of salvation and the only one mighty and faithful enough to meet our needs.

The Old Covenant language of blessings for Israel points us forward to the greater eschatological benefits of the New Covenant.

Peter's confession of Jesus' identity has enormous implications for Christian faith and practice.

The "righteous man" is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who, by the Holy Spirit, empowers and transforms his followers into his likeness.

For the Apostle Paul, what does it actually mean to preach the gospel?

From the Psalter we are given a glimpse of the New Heavens and New Earth.

The lavish grace that flows from Christ in and through us is what sustains and nourishes us even in moments of doubt and depression.

Why and how the Christ-confessing covenant community gathers for public worship.

The Beatitudes present Jesus as the one who has come to bless.

What is the meaning of life in light of the seemingly chaotic and random nature of the world as we know it.

Only Jesus himself can hold together a church that is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.

Christian liberty has everything to do with love because it has a direct relation to both God and to man.

Our calling helps us to understand our identity because we are those who, because of the Gospel, are kept in fellowship with Christ.

In the term "mystery," Paul refers to wisdom, which is implicit in the Old Testament and revealed through the Spirit's work in the apostles.

Wisdom beckons us to control our insatiable desires and greed and to be content with what we have been given.