The Christian Stoic does not serve the Inner Critic. The drill sergeant has been replaced by the Advocate. We fight our sin not out of a terrifying fear of failure, but from the secure, unshakeable foundation of a son who knows he is already loved and justified by his Father.   Every man has a... Continue Reading

The Gospel transcends denominational boundaries. God saves them in spite of what we have articulated are errors in the Eastern Orthodox Church. I have personally witnessed this even among Roman Catholics. I personally know this because I was one of them.   The Eastern Orthodox Church has held an allure among Evangelical Protestant Christians for... Continue Reading

This is our hope. It’s in a resurrected Christ, and because of His resurrection, He invites us into resurrection as well. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the... Continue Reading

Some may point to Jesus who was tempted yet without sin and remind us that temptation itself is not sin. They are correct. And yet Jesus, though tempted by Satan, never identified Himself by those temptations. But even if Side B Christians frame the issue in terms of temptation, I struggle to see it that... Continue Reading

We may not always be exempt from some of the consequences of our sins and bad choices in this life. But God treats us as if we had not done these sins. So in that sense we are given a new start. We are given a fresh way forward, and we do not need to... Continue Reading

Consider what will matter fifty billion years from now. Not your degrees. Not your reputation. Not your accomplishments. Fifty billion years into eternity, you will either be pleading Christ or you will have nothing to show at all. The only thing of any lasting value is Jesus. Without him, you have nothing.   What truly... Continue Reading

In both the marital analogy and the theological debate, non-closure can protect an agent from blame of intent for true side effects, but not from responsibility for all consequences of a chosen path, especially when those consequences flow from mechanisms the agent has deliberately employed. The key difference lies in moral sufficiency.    In formal... Continue Reading

There is one Redeemer and one saving promise unfolding throughout different covenantal administrations. All who have ever been saved—before or after Christ’s coming—are saved by Christ’s redemptive work alone, and through faith they truly share in his saving benefits. Under the old covenant administration, the focus was national and typological. The Messiah, Christ Jesus, came... Continue Reading

Because God cannot lie, His creation, which is part of His revelation to us, cannot lie either. We might misunderstand it because our knowledge of it is limited or faulty, but the created universe is true and real. I am not saying that created beings, like human beings, do not lie. I am saying that... Continue Reading

We are united by story, having all been brought from death to life by the mercy of God. We are united in purpose, having been called to pursue holiness in this life as we prepare for the next. And we are united forever. We must run this race together.    Personal Union Union with Christ... Continue Reading