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By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “My lover is mine and I am His” (Song of Solomon 2:16). “I am the Lord who makes you holy” (Leviticus 20:8). “In your hearts set apart Christ as Lord” (1 Peter 3:15). “Work out your salvation with fear and trembling” (Philippians 2:12). In the new birth, a person recognizes […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. As the clock moved closer to midnight, Jesus took the role of the High Priest of the New Covenant and offered His High Priestly prayer to His Heavenly Father. In doing this Jesus interceded for Himself and His disciples, as well as for generations unborn. The Apostle John wrote that […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Christina Rossetti authored a poem in 1872 that only appeared after her death. About thirty years later the poem was set to music and titled “A Christmas Carol.” Today, we know it as “In the Bleak Midwinter.” Rossetti was a devoted follower of Christ Jesus who for many years volunteered […]
By Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The punishment Jesus took on HIs Cross demonstrates that all people merit death. “There is not who doeth good, no not one” (Romans 3:10-12). Jesus’ sacrifice in our place shows the heart of God because He can alwys be counted on to respond to repentance with gracious forgiveness. This is […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D.Min. The celebration of Christmas began to grow in popularity in the early nineteen hundreds in America. As it did so it adopted such secular symbols as Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. The story of Baby Jesus over the years since has slowly faded in the public […]
By Frank Tunstall, D. Min. The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is a ministry of courtship. The Holy Spirit woos and draws people one by one to the heart of the Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ. Because of this magnetic love, people recognize their desperate need. This courtship makes a person certain: “My life […]
By Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Have you wondered how the disciples felt – their emotions – when they visibly saw the bread and fish keep multiplying in their hands until all the people in the multitude ate to the fill? Obviously, the disciples never forgot the miracle. Did the disciples keep serving the people […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Acts 3:1-26 THE BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE It was about three o’clock in the afternoon in Jerusalem and time for the Jews’ evening sacrifice when they offered lambs to God. Peter and John were walking toward the Temple at this hour of prayer. The outside of the Beautiful Gate made it such […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. Moses built a worship system to cover our sins that included sacrificing such animals as doves, rams, and lambs, and it endured in Israel for some 1600 years. Think about it, over a millennium and a half. Jesus in His own Person brought Moses’ Law to an end and […]
By: Frank Tunstall, D.Min. Robby Robbins was an Air Force pilot during the first Iraq War. After his 300th mission, he was surprised to receive permission to pull his crew together immediately and fly his plane home. They soared across the ocean to Massachusetts and then had a long drive to Western Pennsylvania. They drove […]