God Dwells Among Us

Everything in the New Testament accords with this Old Testament picture. Ransomed men need no longer pause in fear to enter the Holy of Holies. God wills that we should push on into His Presence and live our whole life there. This is to be known to us in conscious experience. It is more than a doctrine to be held, it is a life to be enjoyed every m

Into this dynamic enters the good news that believers, by virtue of being united to Christ, are living in the stability and security of their Father’s house—dwelling inside the temple—all the time and no matter what. Moreover, because we are God’s beloved children, He actually delights to have us there. In fact, the place just isn’t the same withou

This light later came to live among us as the light of men in Jesus (John 1:4). But we also know that the light of men was also life. Light is often related to life. David tells us in Psalm 36:9, "For with You is life's fountain. In Your light we will see light." God is both light and life. He created life and light, He sustains life and

One of the many reasons my wife and I want to plant a church is because it is the very place to foster such virtues and practices! The church gathers to announce that even in the midst of feeling disoriented, demotivated, discouraged, and disembodied, God has not abandoned us.

In a season that is marked by so much death and distance, we confess our

And the sign of that coming judgment was that at the heart of the world God had placed his covenant people, gathered around the Temple, which was the microcosm of creation, to celebrate his true order and to pray for it to come on earth as in heaven.