by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 12, 2020 | DeRouchie, Love & Grace, Prayers and Poems
John Newton, author of Amazing Grace, once wrote: The day is now breaking: how beautiful its appearance! How welcome the expectation of the approaching sun! It is this thought makes the dawn agreeable, that it is the presage of a brighter light; otherwise, if we... by Jason DeRouchie | Apr 2, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
LIGHT FOR THE FIGHT Jason S. DeRouchie (3/9/14) And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I... by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).... by Jason DeRouchie | Mar 24, 2020 | DeRouchie, Prayers and Poems
A POETIC MEDITATION ON THE HOPE OF ISAIAH 40 “Behold your God!” comes the alarm. With mighty arm he rules and saves. The shepherd-king, his word is sure No war or roar; his sheep secure, though grass withers and flowers fade. Good news announced; he comes with... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 21, 2020 | Articles/Essays, DeRouchie, Meaning
Pastors and teachers, with Paul, I “charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:1–2). And when you do, don’t forget the Old Testament—the “sacred... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 20, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus
Earlier this week cinemas throughout the country showed “Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle, Part 1.” As I noted in a previous post, after Christ’s saving of believing sinners from God’s just wrath, Yahweh’s delivering the nation... by Jason DeRouchie | Feb 18, 2020 | Announcements, DeRouchie, Exile & Exodus, The Glory of God
Next to the saving work of Jesus, the greatest redemptive event in history was when Yahweh delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage––an entire nation set free from slavery to the greatest known power on earth. As Moses himself declared, For ask now of the days that are... by Jason DeRouchie | Jan 17, 2020 | Audio, Covenant, DeRouchie, Law, Lectures, Sin, Video
We live in a world were most religions outside Christianity teach that we justify ourselves before God by our good deeds (legalism). Then there are professing believers who continue to assert that in light of Jesus’s justifying work on our behalf, calling others... by Jason DeRouchie | Dec 31, 2019 | Audio, Christ, DeRouchie, Lectures, The Bible and Theology
If you follow this resource website, you know I often write about seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. I recently presented a paper at the annual meeting for the Evangelical Theological Society on this very topic, and I highlighted seven ways that the practice of... by Jason DeRouchie | Nov 27, 2019 | Audio, DeRouchie, Meaning
On a recent episode of Preaching and Preachers, a podcast hosted by Midwestern Seminary President Jason K. Allen, I gave seven tips for preachers hoping to grow in preaching from Jesus’s Bible. Here are the seven tips you will hear unpacked in the podcast:...