God Accepts the Humble but Shuns the Proud
The Bible clearly teaches that salvation is a merciful gift from God to Man by His grace through faith. It also clearly teaches that Man is completely incapable of coming to salvation without it.
Only the Doctrines of Grace, based on God’s sovereignty, are bound to His glory. Pelagianism and Arminianism, based on Man’s common sense, deceive their adherents into believing God is powerless to save anyone unless they agree to decide for Christ. The Bible teaches that saving faith is a gift of God He gives to those... Continue Reading
When the Sermon Fizzles Instead of Sizzles
I call on all of us to get involved in the preaching of the Word through our earnest prayers to God.
On behalf of all the pastors who long to serve their church Sunday by Sunday, I call on all of us to plead with God for power in the pulpit. I call on all of us to make it our responsibility to pray for the preacher and the preaching. I call on all of us... Continue Reading
Standing on the Authority of God’s Word
The Word of God is our highest authority.
We also need to become acquainted with the supreme value of Scripture and the benefits it brings to our daily lives. Understanding the transcendent worth of God’s Word not only helps us grow more deeply in love with the Savior; it helps point our generation to the truth that can be found in Jesus Christ... Continue Reading
The Basics: The Incarnation of Jesus
Jesus is not merely our example, but primarily our Savior.
Jesus is God in human flesh, he has two natures (one human, one divine), yet he is one person. In the incarnation, God came to earth in the person of Jesus Christ to save us from our sins. The Word became flesh is therefore, the very heart of Christianity. At the very heart of the... Continue Reading
Mercy, Justice, and the Academic Effects of Covid
We love people too much to let them think that irresponsibility is “no problem,” that every error will be forgiven and the consequences erased.
Professors everywhere noticed the surge in urgent requests for mercy, for extensions, commonly presented days after an assignment was due or graded. For several seasons, faculty showed great patience and compassion. At length we realized that the virtue of compassion had become the vice of indulgence. Instead of showing patience, we were enabling irresponsibility. Further,... Continue Reading
What We Learn from Our Sicknesses
Sickness should make us long for a better future time.
Above all, our sickness should drive us to our knees in prayer. God can heal the sick. And even if He chooses to delay this longer than we might want, we should thank God for controlling the world even on days we cannot control even our little part in it. It is that time... Continue Reading
Connecting Biblical Hope to Promises
Hope depends on what God has promised.
God is a promise-making and promise-keeping God. And so many of his promises are designed to give us strength, encouragement, and clarity to press in and press through the hard things of life. We can abound in hope as we learn, remember, and trust in God’s promises. It would be hard to deny the... Continue Reading
What Do You Know about the Authentic Jesus of Nazareth?
As we build the case for the authentic Jesus, there are four factors we ought to consider: His humanity, His deity, His unity, and His authority.
Jesus’ deity a matter not of triviality but of reality. The great, staggering truth of Christianity is that Christ, the God-man, was nurtured in a womb—that He who had always existed became part of God’s space-time economy. Jesus, while true man, is also true God. Maybe you’ve heard this description somewhere: He was born in poverty,... Continue Reading
What to Know When You Suffer
Scripture is filled with wonderful promises that should captivate our hearts and minds as we walk through times of suffering.
We can be confident of God’s love for all of eternity because He perfectly demonstrated His love when He gave His own Son for our salvation. Whatever suffering you may face in your life right now, Christ’s sacrificial death for you reminds you that God is not withholding from you. Romans 8:32 says, “He who... Continue Reading
When the Gavel Falls
Apart from the grace of God – we are guilty.
We fail to meet the divine standard. The Divine Representative stands in our defense. All these things clear the path for the divine accomplishment, which John unfolds in 1 John 2:2 – “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John... Continue Reading
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