Daniel 9:3-19

I’ve come to appreciate the voice and work of Jemar Tisby. While he and I would not agree on every point of our culture’s recent social arguments, I admire how Tisby combines a Christian sensibility with concern for issues of race. Reading Tisby reminds us all that the question of race does not reduce to a choice between “conservative vs. liberal” or “secular vs. Christian.” Seeing the book endorsed by such conservative Evangelicals as Thabiti Anyabwile reinforces the point. Overview The prim……

Open Matthew 3:13-16. Why did Jesus need to be baptized? Others came confessing their sins (3:6). Jesus joined them. John refused, at least initially. Why did Jesus think he should be baptized to fulfil all righteousness (3:15)? Our difficulty is that we think individually rather than corporately. Matthew told us...…