Can’t bear to hear…

I am struck with the similarity between the passage we read from Ezekiel today (Chapter 2) and this passage in John.  Here in John, Jesus is speaking with some folks who were trying to kill him.  He asks, “Why do you not understand what I say?  It is because you cannot bear to hear my … More Can’t bear to hear…

Advice to missionaries

How many missions agencies will give the following advice to new missionaries? You are going  to a very hard place.  This people group is rebellious and difficult.  In fact, they have been double-crossing God all along.  They are stubborn and offensively bold and shameless in their sin.  But you are being sent to speak God’s … More Advice to missionaries

Hope-filled Allegiance to Christ and Hope-filled Missions

Here’s a missions blog from Vernacular Video Mission International.  It is taken from our passage for today, Isaiah 25:1-8 Isaiah 25:1 O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. 2 For you have made the city a … More Hope-filled Allegiance to Christ and Hope-filled Missions

Passover and Missions

John Piper asks: What did Jesus mean that the passover would be fulfilled in the kingdom of God? “I shall not eat it until it (the passover) is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” [Luke 22:16]  I thought the passover was fulfilled in the death of Jesus our final passover lamb. Remember the passover was … More Passover and Missions