New Testament

God is our Shepherd. This truth is not for mere intellectual assent, nor a kind of badge to hang on our own board of orthodoxy. To know the one who is Shepherd is a precious reality from which the believer draws strength, comfort, and life.

When we see the radiance of the sun, we meet warmth, and light, and life. Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God. A God who does not need to take from us, but loves to give and give himself.

Dear ones, you are promised so much in this life, but freedom from suffering is not one (Phil. 1:29). Where will you turn when the high tide of illness, injustice, persecution, poverty, or any other kind of evil or unease brings you to an abrupt stop? Let this be an encouragement to warm your souls afresh at the white-hot flame of the Trinitarian love of God. Enough to turn your eyes from the pressures, performance, pain, and problems of this world, is he who wins us again and again by his heavenly kindness. It is this God who desires to be known in Christ and experienced within the deepest recesses of our souls. So it was for the Apostle Paul, and so it is for all of God’s dearly beloved children.

Fear is one of our strongest emotions and motivators. But it is one with which we have an uneasy relationship. When we come to Scripture, we are commanded, on one hand, “do not be afraid,” and on the other, “fear God.” Christians can be surprised and confused by God’s desire that we fear him.

Michael Reeves preaches Luther's early sermon on Luke 18 which gets to the heart of his gospel discovery. 

Simon Gathercole examines Paul's theology of atonement, focusing on the theme of substitution. 

Don Carson explains the New Perspective on Paul in the third of three lectures. 

Peter Williams asks whether the Gospels are reliable based on their dating, the external evidence, their contents, the geography, and compares them with other 'gospels'. 

Paul Blackham briefly looks at Revelation in the first of five talks on the cross. 

Colin Nicholl, author of The Great Christ Comet assesses the popular Star of BethlehemDVD in the light of scripture, astronomy, and history.