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Have you ever imagined how Jesus must have felt the night before His crucifixion? He knew His time to die for the sins of the world had come, and excruciating pain and suffering lay before Him. Sometimes we lose sight of the tremendous physical and emotional price of Jesus’ sacrifice. This Easter, let’s put ourselves in His position to better …
God’s covenant with King David unlocks many of Scripture’s beautiful truths, particularly about Jesus. It explains why Jesus is the King of Israel, the Messiah, the Son of God, and the Son of Man. This week we conclude our five-part series on the Davidic covenant with our focus on the ties between King David and Jesus, the King of kings. …
Does the Old Testament ever say that God would have a son? The answer determines our right to place our faith in Jesus! This week Chris remembers a conversation with his Jewish friend that gave him a chance to share God’s promises to King David in the Davidic Covenant. In part 4 of our series on this covenant, we see …
Peter dropped some serious truth bombs on the Jewish people in Acts 2! The Holy Spirit had just come to indwell believers, and the people didn’t know what to make of the phenomenon. But Peter was ready to share the Good News using the Hebrew Scriptures! In the conclusion of our 2-part series on Peter’s sermon to the Jewish people, …
When the church began, people were skeptical. Some even believed the Christians who had just been filled with the Holy Spirit were drunk. But the apostle Peter set them straight by showing them this coming of the Spirit was prophesied in God’s Word! Today we open a 2-part series on Peter’s sermon in Acts 2, as we take a look …
This program is a rebroadcast from September 17, 2016. Today as we continue studying Isaiah 53, Chris highlights the Messiah’s role of a suffering servant. Isaiah’s prophecy doesn’t just explain that someone would live a life of humiliation, die, and ultimately be exalted. It goes one step further to describe exactly why the Suffering Servant lived a life of humiliation …
This program is a rebroadcast from September 10, 2016. Over the next two weeks, Chris teaches from Isaiah 53, which contains what many consider to be the clearest prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament. Before Jesus came to Earth, believers in the Old Testament time were somewhat blind to His depth, meaning, power, and significance. They only had bits …
Most of us are celebrating Easter on Sunday, but this weekend is also the beginning of Passover. This week we’re studying this sacred holiday God gave the Israelites in the book of Exodus. Chris helped lead The Friends of Israel’s online Passover Seder this past week, which demonstrates the meaning and methods of the meal to help you celebrate Passover …
Last week we learned that Jesus’ birthplace of Bethlehem was no ordinary little town. It was the subject of a prophecy from Micah 5:2 revealing the birthplace of the Messiah, which the Jewish people knew well. But beyond this, Micah gave another detail of the Messiah’s origin a chapter earlier. It specified the exact place and people in Bethlehem that …
If you’re like most people, your hometown is a special place. It’s part of what developed your personality and perspective in life. In the same way, Jesus’ hometown was a big part of His human background. It wasn’t just some town, or some meaningless blip on Israel’s radar, as some today think it was. Bethlehem was the subject of one …
