The Old Testament land of Canaan is a type a Christ. Just as the land was good, even “exceedingly good,” Christ is the only good One in the universe (Matt. 19:17). Just as the good land was the goal of God’s people, Christ is the goal of New Testament believers […]
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey. (Exodus 3:8)
This summer break Christian Students on Campus will be reading through The All-inclusive […]
Every summer, some of our students set aside two months to serve the Lord with us at the University of Texas at Austin. It is an awesome opportunity for our students and staff to partner together to welcome incoming freshmen orientees for the sake of the gospel.
This summer Christian Students on Campus has been busy serving at all 6 of UT’s freshmen orientations. Since it’s summer and most of our students are out of town or working (and we know how valuable summers are to college students), everything that we do really depends […]
You shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. –John 1:51
God’s ultimate intention is not merely recovered humanity, enlivened humanity, or transformed humanity. He is looking for a dwelling place among built up believers (Isa. 66:1-2). John distills this colossal revelation in an apropos allusion to […]
Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; you shall be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter). —John 1:42
John speeds along in his concise overview of God’s purpose with a brief reference to transformation. In God’s full salvation, He not only enlivens us but changes us. The Bible calls this change transformation (Rom. 12:2). This change […]
And John testified, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He abode upon Him. —John 1:32
The Spirit’s anointing of Jesus in baptism is a symbol of our baptism with the Holy Spirit for regeneration. As the Lamb of God, Christ takes away our sins; as the Spirit of God, He […]
And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality. —John 1:14
Before God could accomplish His purpose, man fell and became lost in sin. Because God loved man and wouldn’t relinquish His eternal purpose, God Himself became […]
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… all things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not one thing came into being which has come into being. —John 1:1, 3
The Gospel of John begins with the same three words the entire Bible does-in the beginning. […]
Besides Jesus Christ, the most important thing to a Christian is the Bible. Apart from the Bible, we would hardly know God or His eternal purpose. But by reading the Bible we can know what God wants and what He intends to accomplish.
From a babe you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through […]
