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"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." , Isaiah 9:6 (ESV) If you’ve been following along in this series, you know we’ve spent a lot of time talking about the "bones" of the Bible, how it’s structured, where it came from, and why we can trust it. But eventually, you have to stop looking at the map and start looking at th

"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'" , Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV) We’ve reached the final chapter of our journey through the basics of the Bible. If you’ve been with me since

"He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!' Then he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.'" , Revelation 21:5 (NIV) The Book We Love to Fear If you’ve spent any time in a church basement or scrolling through certain corners of the internet, you’ve probably seen the "scary" version of the Book of Revelation. It’s the one filled with wild-eyed beasts, terrifying plagues, mysterious numbers, and a general sense that the wor

"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you." , John 14:16-17 (ESV) The Invisible Friend Who Changes Everything Imagine for a second that you were one of the original twelve disciples. You’ve spent three years walking beside Jesus. You’ve seen Him heal the blind with a touch,

"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." : 1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV) If the Book of Acts is the cinematic, fast-paced action movie of the early Church’s explosion across the Roman world, then the Epistles are the "behind-the-scenes" manuals. They are the boots-on-the-ground, gritty, beautiful, and sometimes messy letters written to real people in real cities who were trying to figure out one massive question: How do we actually live this out? It’

"And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." , 2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV) Up until this point in our journey through the New Testament, we’ve seen Paul the Giant. We’ve seen the Paul who stood on Mars Hill and debated the greatest philosophers of Athens. We’ve seen the Paul who wrote the theological masterpiece of Romans, meticulously laying out the mechanics of grace and the sovereig

"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He wil

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." : Romans 12:2 (ESV) Have you ever tried to walk through a crowded room wearing someone else's prescription glasses? If you have, you know the feeling: immediate disorientation. The floor seems to tilt at a forty-five-degree angle. Objects that should be close appear miles away, and simple tasks l

"And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself." : Luke 24:27 (NIV) If you’ve ever cracked open a Bible and felt like you were walking into the middle of a massive, sprawling library without a map, you’re not alone. Most people approach the Bible as a collection of random "nuggets" or moralistic tales: a bit of David and Goliath here, a few verses from Romans there, and maybe a Psalm when things get

"And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever." : 2 Samuel 7:16 (ESV) We’ve spent the last few chapters wandering. We’ve seen the patriarchs dreaming in tents, the Israelites groaning in Egyptian brickyards, and a whole generation learning to trust God in the barren silence of the Sinai wilderness. But the wilderness was never the destination. It was the classroom. In this chapter, we hit the ground running. We

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." , Romans 3:23-24 (NIV) If the Bible were a mountain range, the book of Romans would be Mount Everest. It is the towering peak of Christian theology, a letter so dense with truth and so saturated with the power of the Gospel that it has sparked nearly every major revival and reformation in church history. When Martin Luther read