Leviticus 25:24 sets forth an operating principle in God’s economy: “the land is mine” Because the land is God’s, it must be handled in terms of His Law. God’s perfect order much be established by covenant-keeping man. Immediately following this declaration of absolute ownership by God, the laws of the kinsman-redeemer are given. The purpose […]

A sermon on Ruth chapter 2 by Pastor Derek Johnson.

James 1:3 tells us the testing of our faith is a good thing. We are strengthened as we challenge each other, as iron sharpens iron, and we work out our salvation with “fear and trembling.” In this narrative in Ruth, we see that God used Naomi’s test of Oprah and Ruth to bring Ruth into […]

God’s providence is a key part of the Reformed faith. It was so important to the Puritans what they named a city after it. However, when men begin to look to the State as Messiah, it becomes the source of providence. This cannot be. God alone is sovereign, working His hand in the affairs of […]

The theme of the book of Judges is Israel’s rejection of God as ruler over them, and subsequently his Law-Word as binding. With this rejection of God’s Law-Word, man became a standard unto himself, and proceeded to do “whatever was right in his own eyes”. As we bring the book of Judges to a conclusion, […]

The second commandment expressly forbids the worship of graven images. Our worship must transcend the creation and reach to the creator. The Israelites were mixing pagan idolatry with what they considered to be YAHWEH worship. Like in math, a positive and a negative don’t make a positive. Despite their apparent sincerity, these people were employing […]

Paul commands us to “fight the good fight”. Samson, as the God-proclaimed deliver of Israel from the Philistines, seems to fight the good fight alone. Even his own countrymen attempt to deliver him into the hand of his enemies. Samson is always fighting, but it seems that he doesn’t realize his divine ordinance as deliver. […]

A sermon by Pastor Derek Johnson on Judges chapter 14:1-20.

Every one of the characters in the Old Testament should teach us something about God. Some do so more clearly than others. Samson is one of the clearest. He served as a typological representation of Christ. The Kingship of Christ is most vividly portrayed through Samson. Nevertheless, in this sermon, Pastor Johnson walks through the […]

God scripted scripture to tell us about Him. This is the Theocentricity of the Bible. Even in the most non exiting, non interesting or seemingly meaningless details of the scriptures we should find God. In Judges 12:8-12 we are told of three judges and very little about their lives. God, the living, divine, soverign, creator […]