Micah Hackett

John 1:1-5 – Light and Life in the Word

Dec 11, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series The Gospel of JohnAn expository gospel message on John 1:1-5, taking up the deity of Christ, His supremacy, and His salvation that He offers to all men. https://christianteaching.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/John-1.1-5-Gospel-The-Word-Light-and-Life.mp3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came...

James to the Twelve Tribes (1:1)

Dec 5, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series James ExpositionSYNOPSIS. James [actually “Jacob” in Greek, the half-brother of the Lord Jesus], a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ [Note, though he was half-brother to the Lord, he called himself a slave. Since he was a slave to God, he was also a slave to Christ because Christ is inseparable from God.], to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad [Jews in the...

Meditating Through Grief: Psalm 77

Dec 2, 2018

This entry is part [part not set] of 6 in the series Contemplating and Studying GodPsalm 77 contains many “thought” words such as “remember,” “selah,” “meditate,” “ponder,” and “muse.” Asaph was certainly a thinker, perhaps a little too much for his own good in that his thinking often drove him to fear (see Psalm 73). Yet, he sanctified his much thinking and struggled within himself and the sanctuary until he gained the victory and ascended...

The Nature of Meditation

Dec 1, 2018

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Contemplating and Studying GodJ. I. Packer gives a rich definition of meditation: Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that one knows about the works and ways and purposes and promises of God. It is an activity of holy thought, consciously performed in the presence of God, under the eye of...

The Kind of Shepherds God Raises Up (Part 2) – Jeremiah 23:4

Nov 30, 2018

This entry is part [part not set] of 6 in the series The Cost and Call of Shepherding - Jeremiah 23I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord. The shepherds will be active in their shepherding. It seems obvious that shepherds would tend a flock; that is their job. Yet many take the title without...

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