Posts with the category “all-things-new”

“and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him.” (Revelation 22:3, CSB) We’ve spent a good deal of time looking at the...  Read More

“Acknowledge that the LORD is God. He made us, and we are his — his people, the sheep of his pasture.” (Psalm 100:3, CSB) In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helena has a line while speaking t...  Read More

“But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.” (Luke 15:32, CSB) The beginning of Luke 15 has an amazing start, “All the ta...  Read More

““Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded, and they were created.” (Psalm 148:5, CSB) The first time we saw Psalm 148 in week 25, we focused on the breadth of praise to the King as all ...  Read More

“Sing a new song to the LORD, for he has performed wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him victory.” (Psalm 98:1, CSB) Way back in week 14, we visited Psalm 98 and saw how the whole world st...  Read More

“They will not harm or destroy each other on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is filled with water.” (Isaiah 11:9, CSB) The opening verse o...  Read More

“This God, our God forever and ever,  he will always lead us.” (Psalm 48:14, CSB) I grew up singing a kid’s song written straight from Psalm 48. “The LORD is great and greatly to be praised,” it sang....  Read More

“Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20, CSB) If ever there were a verse to support a worldview of a heaven-only future fo...  Read More

“God is within her; she will not be toppled. God will help her when the morning dawns.” (Psalm 46:5, CSB) Psalm 46 has helped me over the years to deal with some really difficult seasons in my life. W...  Read More

“My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.” (Ezekiel 37:27, CSB) These prophetic words from Ezekiel weren’t spoken in a vacuum. He preached to people who ha...  Read More

“Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them.” (Revelation 21:3, CSB) As we noted in the introduction from yesterday, many of us grew up with a picture of the end of the Biblical...  Read More

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.” (Psalm 75:2, CSB) In the Bible, someone’s ‘name’ means more than the moniker by which they are called. It represents their authority, their entire being, f...  Read More

“And he has granted him the right to pass judgment, because he is the Son of Man.” (John 5:27, CSB) 38 years! That’s how long the man at the pool of Bethesda had been disabled. That’s where the story ...  Read More

“Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely.” (Psalm 37:3, CSB) St. Augustine famously said, “Love, and do what you will.” His thoughts came from a passage in 1 John 4,...  Read More

“The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge.” (Psalm 50:6, CSB) Psalm 50 certainly starts off with a bang! God summons the whole earth, calling the heavens and earth as witnesses. De...  Read More

“Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:14, CSB) We open Revelation 20 to an emotionally heavy scene in the Biblical story. John...  Read More

“Let them give thanks to the LORD for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity.” (Psalm 107:8, CSB) I love the opening declaration of Psalm 107, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is go...  Read More

“I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 8:11, CSB) I don’t know how other people read the stories in ...  Read More

“He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his faithfulness.” (Psalm 96:13, CSB) We’ve discussed several times in this series how the earth and all creation are groaning as it wa...  Read More

“Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will never again train for war.” (Isaiah 2:4, CSB) What a lovely and glorious picture Isaiah has of the culmination of God’s promise! He see...  Read More

“The leaves of the tree are for healing the nations.” (Revelation 22:2, CSB) I never cease to be amazed by the things God brings together in unexpected ways. The topics and passages of this series wer...  Read More

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.” (Psalm 19:1, CSB) I love the juxtaposition of this week’s beginning and its end. We began the week listening to...  Read More

“Then the one seated on the throne said, ‘Look, I am making everything new.’ He also said, ‘Write, because these words are faithful and true.’” (Revelation 21:5, CSB) Over the past several years, I’ve...  Read More

“You visit the earth and water it abundantly, enriching it greatly. God’s stream is filled with water, for you prepare the earth in this way, providing people with grain.” (Psalm 65:9, CSB) Psalm 65 o...  Read More

“How countless are your works, LORD! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.” (Psalm 104:24, CSB) As you know, Tuesdays are worldview days. It’s where we let the Word an...  Read More

“that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.” (Romans 8:21, CSB) There’s a raw honesty about the way things are that Romans 8 ...  Read More

“But I will hope continually and will praise you more and more.” (Psalm 71:14, CSB) It’s a strange phenomenon, but sometimes as people walk with the Lord over a long period of time, they somehow think...  Read More

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7, CSB) 2 Corinthians 5 is packed full of deep and rich theological truth; most notably, for our journey today, is the theme he lays out for us o...  Read More

“I wait for the LORD; I wait and put my hope in his word.” (Psalm 130:5, CSB) There’s a raw quality we see in Psalm 130 that most of us can identify with. From the midst of the depths of trouble, he c...  Read More

“Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” (Psalm 90:12, CSB) It puts things in perspective to compare our brief lives to the eternity of God. Generations com...  Read More

“As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him.” (Hebrews 2:8, CSB) Every believer who’s even halfway paying attention eventually feels it: the tension of living redeemed in a world not full...  Read More

“So that your way may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.” (Psalm 67:2) Once again, we visit Psalm 67 and find ourselves opening with a prayer for blessing. But this blessing isn’t on...  Read More

“For this is what the Lord has commanded us: I have made you a light for the Gentiles to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 13:47) When I was a young minister, I somehow developed a beli...  Read More

“Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples.” (Psalm 96:3) I’m a visual person so when I read, I “see” the story in my mind. When I read Psalm 96 as the whole earth is s...  Read More

“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’” (Isaiah 52:7) It’s one t...  Read More

“Jesus came near and said to them, ‘All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.’” (Matthew 28:18) As the story unfolds in Matthew 28, we see what begins as a somber scene: the Marys are...  Read More

“The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock where I seek refuge. My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” (Psalm 18:2) As David pens this song, he isn’t sitting in...  Read More

“Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7) Good ole James, half of the Sons of Thunder Duo, has a way of bringing things sharply into focus and making it a bi...  Read More

“Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for battle and my fingers for warfare.” (Psalm 144:1) If you’re thinking you’ve seen Psalm 144 before, you’re right, but from a different perspective...  Read More

“No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan; who then can stand against me?” (Job 41:10) On Day 1, we introduce the story for the week. Day 2 helps us shape our worldview, the lens through which we...  Read More