Category Archives: grace

Dissecting Dilbert’s “Dad’s” Deathbed Declaration

Scott Adams passed away recently. He, to some degree, “live streamed” his last days via Twitter. That is, he posted regularly through his final moments. Besides writing a delightful, enduring comic strip in Dilbert, he was unashamedly conservative, and so … Continue reading

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Back Up: Rethinking Rebukes From a Friend

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive any time someone accuses us … Continue reading

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Rules For Our Reformation: Learning from Luther

The Protestant Reformation is called the Reformation for a good reason. It is not called the First Reformation or Reformation II, as if they happen every so often. I have never been asked, when referencing the Reformation, “Of which Reformation … Continue reading

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How were people saved in the Old Testament?

The only way there is to be saved, by trusting in the work of Christ alone. Because God is just, sin must be punished. Because we are sinners, that is bad news for us. God’s promise to Adam and Eve, … Continue reading

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Paradise Remembered: Longing for Our Home

Nostalgia has as its lightly buried foundation a longing for a place we have never been to, Eden. Home is but an echo, a shadow of our first and final home. Most of you were not blessed as I was, … Continue reading

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Guest Post from Dutch Theologian, Linus Van Pelt

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The Spirit of Christmas Presents: A Christmas Tradition

This week’s Special Christmas Eve Podcast

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Why doesn’t God save everybody?

The idea that God chooses not to save everybody is horrifying to some. That His desire to save everybody is trumped by a desire to leave room for free will horrifies me. I have a hard time imagining the damned … Continue reading

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Being Still: A Heart’s Embrace of His Sovereignty

The children of God are rather different from the children of men. We have been reborn by a sovereign God. They have not. His children have been redeemed by a sovereign God. They have not. We are being remade by … Continue reading

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Yes Gremlins, No Podcast, Apologies, See You Next Week Redux

The gremlins got us again. Technical difficulties keep us from posting a new Jesus Changes Everything Podcast today. We hope to have everything up and running next week if not sooner. As with last week, we offer instead this week’s … Continue reading

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