THE MATTER OF THE HEART The reality about which I'll be writing is not something that I've always known and believed. For the first few years of my Christian life, my view of my own heart as one redeemed by Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit was unbiblical and unhealthy. It was a view that was shaped, not by Scripture, but by popularpreaching and thinking within th...
Keep Reading GRACE ALONE, WORKS ALONE, OR GRACE WITH WORKS? What do we mean - or what should we mean - when we say that we are saved by grace and grace alone?We mean that none of our human efforts, works, intentions, resolutions, or strivings can ever put us in a right standing before a holy God.None of these things can justify us. We mean that we are saved - from beginning to end - b...
Keep Reading I was taught early on in my Christian life that God is a gentleman who would never "force His love" upon sinners. But along with so many others, I've come to see through His word that He's an amazingly loving Father who passionately pursues His rebellious children by choosing to save them before ever creating the world they'd live on (Eph. 1:4), sending His Son as their ...
Keep Reading The Word of the LORD... converts souls (Psalm 19:7A), makes the simple wise (Psalm 19:7B), rejoicesourhearts (Psalm 19:8A), enlightens oureyes (Psalm 19:8B), upholds us when we're stumbling (Job 4:4), keeps our ways pure (Psalm 119:9), keeps us from sin (Psalm 119:11), revives us (Psalm 119:25), strengthens us (Psalm 119:28), is as a lamp to our feet and a light ...
Keep Reading If Jesus Christ is merely a man and not God, the apostle Paul would not have said, Paul, an apostle - not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:1) Similarly, if Jesus Christ is merely God and not a man, Paul would not have said, For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:5) ...
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