Entries from December 2007

December 29, 2007

What Was in The Cup? (Part III)

Luke 12:50
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
We have seen that the contents of the cup that Christ drank from was that of God’s justice and wrath. Through the previous word study, it was also demonstrated the imagery of a cup has strong parallels with God’s [...]

December 24, 2007

What Was in The Cup? (Part II)

Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Throughout the course of the history of humanity there has always existed a problem between God and man: sin. The question throughout history has never been, (until the past 50 years) “how could a [...]

December 22, 2007

What Was in The Cup? (Part I)

Matthew 26:36-44
Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to [...]

December 19, 2007

Hymns are Boring and Old-Fashion

That seems to be the common response amongst many, if not the majority of evangelical Christians. However, over the course of the past year or so, I have found myself swiftly moving towards traditional, hymnal worship. So why the shift? For the most part, American Christianity has turned Christianity into a focus on man instead [...]