by Wade Berry | Jan 3, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
Now one of the experts in the Torah came up and heard them arguing. Seeing that Jesus had answered them well, he asked, “Which commandment is the most important of them all?” Jesus replied, “The most important is, ‘Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one....
by Wade Berry | Dec 27, 2016 | Scripture, Theology
Sermon Surprise I’ll never forget it. It was a Sunday morning during the autumn of 2014. My wife and I were worshipping with a church associated with the Acts 29 Network. As an aside in his sermon, the pastor noted that he does not understand evangelicals in the...
by Wade Berry | Dec 20, 2016 | Scripture, Theology
But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 (NIV) 16 For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give...
by Wade Berry | Dec 13, 2016 | Scripture, Theology
6 “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my...
by Wade Berry | Dec 6, 2016 | Scripture, Theology
Why the Old Testament? So where should we begin our discussion of biblical soteriology? It isn’t a trivial question, for if there is one good thing that postmodernity has taught us, it is that where we begin will have a disproportionate influence on where we end up....
