While the church exists in this world, its ultimate end is beyond the fallen world’s finite horizons. As Reformed theologian and pastor Wolfgang Musculus (1497-1563) reflects on the text from John 6 about Christ sitting down with his disciples immediately before the feeding of the five thousand, he sees and image of the coming kingdom,…

We sometimes speak as if it would be enough just to see a miracle, longing to be astounded. We wonder why God heals one person but permits another to suffer and die. In this sixth week of Easter, we recall that God himself suffered and died, and that the miracles described in the gospels have…

Is the biblical way of thinking about achievement better described as fruitfulness? In John 15:1–8, Jesus draws on his famous metaphor of the vine and branches. Jesus is the true vine, and the Father is the vineyard keeper (15:1). Unfruitful branches are removed and all fruit-bearing branches are pruned in order to produce more fruit (15:2)….

Location: Trinity International University (TEDS/TGS Chapel) Date: August 5, 1979 Scripture: John 1; 2Cor 4:6 In a world of economic and political turmoil, where comfort and stability are foreign concepts and escape from reality through drugs and permissiveness often seems to be the norm rather than the exception, Carl Henry resounds a call to remember…