It seems like the key to reading the one-chapter “postcard” Epistle of St. Jude is the word “keep” (or “kept”). God will keep His people by the one true message, the Gospel, which has been delivered once and for all to the saints (His chosen people, v. 3). But, this message is not just for us. It is to propel us forward in a mission towards others (vv. 22-23). The readers can understand the falling away and false teaching of their age (and ours) through Jude’s quick-but-thorough analysis. He bridges the OT and NT epochs under the one message of Jesus, the...

The ever-challenging Jared Wilson wrote a recent piece on "Five Ways to Feel Scripture ." A little clip: "We like to keep Scripture short and manageable, and that’s understandable. It’s certainly more convenient that way. But we will not be mastered by Scripture if we don’t occasionally allow it to overwhelm us, intimidate us, and force us to wrestle with it." Read the whole thing … SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Feeling God’s Words", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2008/09/28/feeling-gods-words/" });

1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I...

“The sad fact is that many of us are simply not biblical in the way we use the Bible! Being biblical does not mean merely quoting words from within its pages. Being truly biblical means that my counsel reflects what the entire Bible is about. The Bible is a narrative, a story of redemption, and its chief character is Jesus Christ.” –Paul David Tripp, Instruments In The Redeemer’s Hands, p. 27 (emphasis added) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Bible is a narrative, a story of redemption, and its chief character is Jesus Christ", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2008/04/04/the-bible-is-a-narrative-a-story-of-redemption-and-its-chief-character-is-jesus-christ/"...

 How great the Father’s love for us, how vast beyond all measure. His love and just wrath mingled in the greatest event in history, the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. This is what God did in Christ: But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ...

“He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.” (Psalm 91:1) SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "In the shadow of the Almighty", url: "http://www.deTheos.com/2007/11/13/in-the-shadow-of-the-almighty/" });