Posts by Josh Moody
How Should Christians React to the Gender Agenda?
by Dr. Josh Moody I remember the moment when I was talking to a Yale University undergraduate. I was pastoring a church in New Haven, where Yale is located. We had many Yale students in our congregation. From time to time, they would come to me to talk about what was going on in their…
Read MoreJoshua 3-5: The Commander of the Lord’s Army
Joshua 3-5, Psalm 73, Mark 1:9-20, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Joshua 3-5: More stunning events in the story of the Book of Joshua. God determines to exalt Joshua in the eyes of Israel (3:7), that they would honor him as they had Moses, and does so by performing—through Joshua’s instructions—an astonishing miracle. The ark of the Lord will stand…
Read MoreExodus 30-31: Written by God
Exodus 30-31; Psalm 34; Matthew 14:22-36; Acts 20:13-38 Exodus 30-31: These last two chapters before the infamous golden calf end with the delivery of two stone tablets to Moses (31:18). God describes how the tent of meeting is to be organized and gives instructions for the Day of Atonement (Ex. 30), a day whose fulfillment…
Read MoreExodus 27-29: Priests and The Priest
Exodus 27-29; Psalm 33; Matthew 14:1-21; Acts 20:1-12 Exodus 27-29: These kind of details seem only interesting to those who love drawing pictures of bygone ceremonies with precise detail. It is hard (at first glance) to establish the relevance of these matters. Why are they here? What do they say to us today, to a people…
Read MoreGod Centered Living
by Josh Moody We are made by God. We are not our own. Whether we live abundantly wicked lives, or good old fashioned clean living lives, a life that is not surrendered to God is not life as the Bible defines it. We are the walking dead even if we physically live if our life…
Read MoreRevelation 19: King of Kings and Lord of Lords
John 20:19-23, Revelation 19, Job 40, Zechariah 1-5 Revelation 19: Having described the great Babylon – the military and economic powers ranged against God and his people – and its fall, John now turns to describe the final judgment, this time in terms of a great last battle. The first part of chapter 19 describes the song of…
Read MoreRevelation 18: Faithful with Joy
John 20:10-18, Revelation 18, Job 39, Haggai 1-2 Revelation 18: We are still in the section when John is describing Babylon. Babylon is symbolic of the military and economic might, of the Roman Empire and other nations in rebellion against God. Babylon is opposed to the work of Christ and to his people, killing God’s prophets and people:…
Read MoreRevelation 17: Babylon
John 20:1-9, Revelation 17, Job 38:22-41, Zephaniah 3 Revelation 17: We now come to the part of Revelation where John’s revelation describes three different ways that the end will come. The first, from Revelation 17 to 19, describes Babylon. The way John describes Babylon, as a beautiful woman who is drunk with the blood of the martyrs (17:6)…
Read MoreDivine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility
Revelation 1:9-20: Six Parts of John’s Vision
Hosea 4-6, Job 24, John 14:15-21, Revelation 1:9-20 Revelation 1:9-20: For an introduction to the Book of Revelation as a whole, see the previous devotional on the first part of chapter 1. Here we begin to get into the content of the book proper, and we are entering into the substance of John’s vision. Note, the five parts…
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