Stephen Reisdorf explores one of Scripture's most challenging questions from Psalm 15: "O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?"

This question taps into a universal human longing—the desire to reach an ultimate destination, to find our place with God. But as we systematically unpack the requirements listed in Psalm 15, a startling truth emerges: the standards are impossibly high.

Blamelessness. Complete righteousness. Unwavering integrity. Perfect speech. Flawless conduct. Using examples from the moral law and Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, this sermon demonstrates that no one—not even King David himself—could ever meet God's perfect standard for dwelling in His presence.

Powerful Revelations:
- Why Psalm 15's question reflects our deepest spiritual longing
- The impossible requirements for dwelling with a holy God
- How the moral law and Sermon on the Mount expose our inadequacy
- Understanding that "there is none who does good, not even one"
- Why this question is designed to drive us to despair over our sinfulness
- The glorious answer: Jesus Christ is the only one who perfectly fulfills these requirements

This isn't a message of condemnation—it's a message of hope. Jesus has done what we never could, securing an unshakable dwelling with God and offering grace and eternal life to all who have faith in Him.

Stop trying to earn what Christ has already accomplished.

When the world rages, the church must stand firm in Christ: grieving with compassion, hating evil, remembering the real enemy, loving the lost, and fixing hope on the coming kingdom.

Christians must live as ambassadors of Christ, always ready to give a reason for their hope — not by altering the gospel or forcing conversations, but by living in a way that displays Christ’s holiness and hope to others.

Humanity's fallen state is due to sin, and we emphasize that the Bible is God’s story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, with Jesus at its center. Scripture reveals our brokenness and God’s plan to restore us through Christ, providing purpose and hope despite life’s imperfections. We continue our series on studying scripture, focusing on the concept of continuity—how the Bible’s narrative connects from beginning to end, guarding against misinterpretation, revealing God’s purpose, and linking the physical and spiritual realms. By understanding our place in this divine story, we find meaning, resist Satan’s lies, and live with purpose, knowing God loves us and includes us in His eternal narrative.

Explore covenant theology as the second essential tool for understanding Scripture, using the metaphor of God's sacred library to illustrate how the Bible is structured around three interconnected covenants that form a three-act divine drama. Before creation, God established the covenant of redemption within the Trinity, promising to save sinners; after creation, Adam was placed under the covenant of works with the command to obey and live forever, but his failure plunged humanity into sin; and finally, God offered the covenant of grace through Christ, who succeeded where Adam failed and fulfilled all covenant requirements on behalf of believers. Understanding this covenantal framework helps us see how all of Scripture—from the law that reveals our need, to the prophets who anticipated grace, to the gospels where the hero arrives, to the letters explaining our new covenant life—works together as one unified story of redemption centered on Jesus Christ, who is simultaneously the temple, priest, sacrifice, and mediator of the new covenant that offers rest from the impossible demands of the law.