Via Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 13
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 11–15 (Week 3) Matthew 13 (ESV) The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 19
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 16–20 (Week 4) What Does the Bible Say about Divorce? A Gospel-Centered Approach to Divorce What Makes a Divorce Biblical? “Jesus on Divorce: How My Mind Has...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 22
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 22 (ESV) The Parable of the Wedding Feast 22 And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, 2 “The kingdom of heaven may be compared...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 24
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) (Handout) Leaving Left Behind Behind: Sixteen Ways to Read Matthew 24 with the Grain of Scripture (Via Emmaus Article) — this is the one mentioned...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 25
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 21–25 (Week 5) Matthew 25 (ESV) The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 26
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Four Reasons for Taking the Lord’s Supper Every Lord’s Day (Via Emmaus Article) Matthew 26 (ESV) The Plot to Kill Jesus 26 When Jesus had...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 27
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) The Great Divide: Embracing the Strangeness of Seeing the Dead Come to Life (Matthew 27:51–54) Matthew 27 (ESV) Jesus Delivered to Pilate 27...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 28
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) “Disciples Make Disciples”: A Vital Truth That Needs Further Elaboration (Via Emmaus Article) Matthew 28 (ESV) The Resurrection 28 Now after...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 1
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Mark 1 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 2
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 26–Mark 2 (Week 6) Mark 2 (ESV) Jesus Heals a Paralytic 2 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were...
View ArticleFrom the Gospel to Good Works: A Church’s How-To Manual for Elders (1 Timothy...
From the Gospel to Good Works: A Church’s How-To Manual for Elders (1 Timothy 5:17–25) What are you supposed to do in church? What are elders supposed to do in church? And how do elders and members...
View ArticleThe Need for Expositional Preaching (pt. 3): Jesus was an Expositor
The Old Testament is the not the only place where we find expositional preaching. Jesus himself preached expositionally. In fact, he was more than an expositional preacher, according to John John 1:18...
View ArticleThe Need for Expositional Preaching (pt. 4): Apostolic Preaching is Expositional
From the pattern of Moses and the Old Testament priests to the teaching ministry of Jesus, biblical exposition has a long track record in redemptive history. In the New Testament, the citation and...
View ArticleThat You May Believe That Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God: 10 Things...
This Sunday we begin a new sermon series on the Gospel of John. As we prepare for that series here are ten things to keep in mind as we enter this incredible book. 1. John has a simple four-part...
View Article‘Mystery’—Its Definition, Use, and Significance in Daniel and the Rest of the...
. . . but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. — Daniel 2:28 — . . . the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is...
View ArticleSeeing the Son of Man: How Reading Daniel and Revelation Together Illumines Both
The number of connections between Daniel and Revelation are numerous and normally observed by readers of both books. A point that is more easily missed or misunderstood is “how” Daniel is used by John,...
View ArticleReading God’s Word and Seeing God’s World through the Lens of Two Biblical Ages
For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.Romans 13:11b Redemptive history has two overlapping ages. And unless you grasp how the new age brings the future into the present,...
View ArticleGetting into 1 Peter: A Brief Introduction to this Grace-Filled Book
This Sunday we begin a new sermon series in the book of 1 Peter. And I want share three reasons, even four, for why we are looking at this letter and why this book is so timely. These three reasons...
View ArticleGetting to Know God’s Foreknowledge: A Survey of the New Testament
To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2 who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the...
View ArticleTrue Religion Consists in Holy Affections: Jonathan Edwards’ Reflections on 1...
True religion, in great part, consists in holy affections.— Jonathan Edwards — In his classic treatise on nature of the Christian experience, Jonathan Edwards begins Religious Affections with a brief...
View ArticleAvoiding Monsters in the Apocalypse: Three Requirements for Reading Revelation
“Though St. John the Evangelist saw may strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.” — G. K. Chesterton — Few books are more mysterious, more difficult,...
View ArticleReading for Scripture Saturation: Renewing the Via Emmaus Bible Reading Plan...
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my...
View ArticleReturning to Romans: An Epistle of Faith, Hope, and Love
In the Fall of 2019 our church began a Bible study in the book of Romans. It ran through the first seven chapters of Paul’s magnum opus, but in March 2020, when the world shut down, we pushed pause on...
View ArticleThe Via Emmaus Bible Reading Plan: February Resources for Exodus, Jeremiah,...
Track 1: Exodus Track 2: Jeremiah Track 3: Mark If you have other resources on these books, please feel free to share. May the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you as you draw...
View ArticleSeeing the Literary Structure of John 2–4
The first step in understanding any book of the Bible is to see what is there and especially how the biblical author has arranged his material. In the case of the Gospels, for instance, it is important...
View ArticleElection and Evangelism: What God Has Joined Together Let Not Man Separate
On Sunday, our church considered one of many passages in John where the Beloved Disciple unites God’s sovereignty in salvation with the responsibility of man to repent and believe. With perfect,...
View ArticleGo And Preach No More? Six Contextual Problems With John 7:53–8:11
Few passages in the Bible are more beloved than the story of the adulterous woman being brought to Jesus, condemned by the scribes and Pharisees, and then set free by the wisdom and compassion of...
View ArticleThe Great Reversal: God’s Cosmic Plan to Displace Darkness With Light (A...
The Great Reversal: God’s Cosmic Plan To Displace Darkness With Light (A Sermon on John 9:1-41) In the Bible, we find a series of ironic reversals that move the story of salvation from the Garden of...
View ArticleWorshiping Christ at Christmas: Two Christmas Sermons (Isaiah 60 and Matthew 2)
This year, Christmas Day afforded the church a double blessing. Each Lord’s Day, the saints gather to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. And on that day, the first day of the week, the day of new...
View ArticleReading for Scripture Saturation: (Re)Introducing the Via Emmaus Bible...
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my...
View ArticleJesus is God: Four Ways to See Jesus’s Divinity in John’s Gospel
This month our church returns to the Gospel of John, and specifically we have started to look at the Upper Room Discourse (John 13–17), picking up in John 14. For those familiar with John 14–16, as...
View ArticleWho is in Charge? Two Competing Visions of Church Authority
In recent years and hours, lots of discussion has been given to the subject of authority. Who has authority to close the Southern border? Who has authority to mandate vaccines? Who has authority to...
View ArticleSituational Awareness: Restoring Fellowship with Truth and Love (A Sermon on...
Situational Awareness: Restoring Fellowship with Truth and Love (A Sermon on 3 John) In 3 John, we move from the universal church of 1 John, to the local church of 2 John, to an individual Christian by...
View ArticleA Primer on Elder-Led Congregationalism
Sometime in seminary, my ecclesiology class was tasked with defining a biblical view of church polity. Here is that paper, refined and updated. It argues for an unmistakably Baptist reading of the...
View ArticleWhat Happened on Holy Saturday? A Few Reflections on Matthew 27:52–53
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. —...
View ArticleVia Emmaus On the Road: A Brief Introduction
** Yes, this first episode only comes out one speaker. The next one will be better. And the one after that even more so. Or at least, that’s the plan. Introduction In 2025, I am putting together a...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 5
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 1–5 (Week 1) Seven Evidences the Sermon on the Mount is an Exposition of the New Covenant A Mountain, A Map, and a Mercy Seat: An Introduction to the Sermon on...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 8
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 6–10 (Week 2) Seven Evidences the Sermon on the Mount is an Exposition of the New Covenant A Mountain, A Map, and a Mercy Seat: An Introduction to the Sermon on...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 9
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 6–10 (Week 2) Seven Evidences the Sermon on the Mount is an Exposition of the New Covenant A Mountain, A Map, and a Mercy Seat: An Introduction to the Sermon on...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 10
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 6–10 (Week 2) Seven Evidences the Sermon on the Mount is an Exposition of the New Covenant A Mountain, A Map, and a Mercy Seat: An Introduction to the Sermon on...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Matthew 12
Further Resources Questions for Matthew 11–15 (Week 3) Matthew 12 (ESV) Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath 12 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 3
Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Mark 3 (ESV) A Man with a Withered Hand 3 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 5
Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Where Do Demons Come From? (Michael Heiser) — A short article explaining the background to the origin of demons/unclean spirits. Mark 5 (ESV)...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 6
Further Resources Questions for Mark 3–Mark 7 (Week 7) Seeing the Grace of Christ (Better) through the Chiasm of Mark 6:7–8:30 (Via Emmaus) What John the Baptist’s Bullhorn Teaches Us about the Good...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 9
Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12(Week 8) Mark 9 (ESV) 9 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 10
Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) Mark 10 (ESV) Teaching About Divorce 10 And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 11
Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) “‘Whatever You Ask’ for the Missionary Purposes of the Eschatological Temple: Quotation and Typology in Mark 11–12” (SBJT Article by Nicholas...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 12
Further Resources Questions for Mark 8–Mark 12 (Week 8) Mark 12 (ESV) The Parable of the Tenants 12 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 13
Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Reading Mark 13 in Context: Seeing 16 Connections between Jesus’s Olivet Discourse and His Death and Ascension Mark 13 (ESV) Jesus Foretells...
View ArticleVia Emmaus on the Road: Mark 14
Further Resources Questions for Mark 13–Luke 1 (Week 9) Reading Mark 13 in Context: Seeing 16 Connections between Jesus’s Olivet Discourse and His Death and Ascension Mark 14 (ESV) The Plot to Kill...
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