Category Archives: grace

Coming Up Repentance

Forgiveness of sins does not, of itself, erase the need, in some contexts, for real, painful, and fitting consequences. If a man robs a bank and then throws himself on the mercy of God in Christ his sin will most … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 54- We must believe that all we experience God sends because He loves us. There are two great evils that travel side by side with hardship and suffering, two lies hissed by the forked tongue of the serpent. One … Continue reading

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Optimism; Body Diversity; All the World

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What If?

The Bible is faithful to tell us what has come to pass. It, in turn, rightly also tells us what will come to pass. Our faith can faithfully be summarized with these three affirmations, two historical, one future- Christ has … Continue reading

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Beating Bulver; Spirit of Christmas Presents

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Way in the Manger

It is increasingly fashionable, and has always been quite easy to debunk a number of Christmas season staples that are either less than certain or certainly not true. We don’t know, for instance, how many wise men there were, because … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 52 We must believe God loves us. Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim … Continue reading

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth to what we are. Anytime I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone to … Continue reading

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Ex-vangelical Pharisees, or, Judging We Are Judged

There is, purportedly, a movement out there, a movement out of the church. A bevy of young, feckless and deformed men and women have weighed the evangelical church in the balance and found us wanting. They self-identify as ex-vangelicals. And … Continue reading

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The Ontological Yo-Yo: God Made Man

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a … Continue reading

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