Theology & Bible

What Is Truth?

A word study traces the Bible’s primary terms for truth—emet in the Old Testament and aletheia in the New—showing truth as lived faithfulness and embodied in Christ, with…

Grace and Truth

New Testament Theology Embodied in Jesus and Carried Out in Cultural Chaos

How Do We Arrive at Truth?

Jack Cottrell on Truth (from Our Archives)

December 25 | Lord of All

The babe of Bethlehem (and Messiah of Matthew’s Gospel) is Lord of all—even wise men. Matthew devoted only one verse to the birth of Jesus (1:25) even though…

December 25 | Application (‘What the Mysterious Magi Can Teach Us About Faith’)

We don’t know about much about the mysterious Magi, but they help to illustrate what it means to live by faith.

December 25 | Discovery

How can the Magi be examples to you for how to radically pursue Jesus?

Traveling by Starlight

Ignatius wrote words about a birth on his way to his death . . .

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Approved Precedent of the Shepherds’ (1972)

Certain groups in Christendom do not observe Christmas nor do they commemorate the birth of Christ under any designation. One such body maintains that no such commemoration is…

December 18 | Lord of Judgment

Jesus came as a Savior the first time. When he returns, he will come as our judge. In fact, all judgment has been given to Jesus by the…

December 18 | Application (Caring for ‘the Least of These’)

In Matthew 25, Jesus compares himself to a shepherd separating the sheep from the goats. This Scripture passage teaches important truths about the Lord, and it has practical…

December 18 | Discovery

Matthew 25:31-46 contrasts two groups of people, depicted by Jesus as sheep and goats. . . . What contrasts do you see?

December 11 | Lord of Creation

There are five miracles in this lesson text—the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus walking on water, Peter walking on water, the calming of the storm, and the healings…

December 11 | Application (‘You’re Not Too Small—or Too Big—to Trust in God’)

Science can take us only so far. The more we learn about the universe, the humbler we should become.

December 11 | Discovery

If you were to ask Jesus to do the seemingly impossible for you, what would it be?