New
William Langerak offers a biblical meditation on the theological significance of newness in Scripture, contrasting it with the old while demonstrating God's unchanging nature. The article emphasizes the Reformed practice of singing new songs as an expression of worship and spiritual renewal, grounded in Old Testament psalms and the experience of God's daily grace. This piece encourages Christians to embrace biblical newness not as innovation but as fresh expressions of timeless truth and covenant blessings.
As a new year begins, the old must pass away. Scripture says much about things old. Some good things about old age, old ways, old commandments, and old times. Some bad things about the old man, old wives' tales, old leaven, and getting old. Strikingly, Scripture has even more to say about things new. And, contrary to a supposed principle of biblical conservatism, little it says about things new is bad. Rather, Scripture sets forth new as a word pregnant with good hope, possibility,...
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