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Following is a paper written by Austin Rankin for Belhaven University’s Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies program in 2023. This is part 1 of 2: When studying the acts of God, seldom do these acts have the extensive and pervasive reach the act of God’s providence has …

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your …

“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in …

And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” But Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I …

Is there a ‘god?’ Who is “God?” What is His name? Those are the questions we’re going to be answering in this message. For more content on this subject, check out our other video series on “Who is God?”     

What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. -Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 1, 1647 Most advent studies end on December 24th, but I wanted us to even do one for Christmas day because now I want us to be …

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came …

And then there was silence…  400+ years of silence. That’s hard to fathom. We read about the Old Testament and how it’s all pointing to Christ, the One that will come to save mankind from their sins, to rule as the true King, and to make all wrong things right. …

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the LORD God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my …

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, …