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

The God of the Bible is a covenant-keeping God. When He speaks, reality conforms to His word, and His promises never fail. Because we are created in His image and redeemed by His Son, our words must reflect His unwavering faithfulness.    In a modern culture where words are cheap, contracts are routinely broken, and... Continue Reading

If God’s knowledge is truly complete and not composed of parts, then we must be careful not to describe it in ways that suggest process, deliberation, or dependence on hypothetical conditions outside of Himself. God does not deliberate as creatures do, nor does He come to knowledge through a process of reasoning. He knows all... Continue Reading

How should Christians think about OPEC? Was the Artemis II mission a good use of funds? Should Australia invest more in submarines? Good Christians may have lots of different views on such questions… or possibly no view at all. And the questions themselves are far too complex to have solved or to expect that everyone... Continue Reading

If you think of yourself as a pretty good person, you’ll never really know the joy of treasuring an all-sufficient Savior. You’re trapping yourself in self-identity rather than knowing the joy, the liberation of forgiveness. And I say this however long you’ve been walking with Christ.   This excerpt is a transcript of a sermon... Continue Reading

The apostle Peter preached: “This man [Jesus Christ] was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.”[8] God arranged for Christ to die on the cross to bring about forgiveness of sins to us all;[9]... Continue Reading

Progressivism is dangerous, whatever form it takes. It’s the human factor: we tend to warp our collective dreams. This was the insight of St Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, when he was confronted by the sudden collapse of the once-mighty Roman Empire. Human political systems may have all the appearance of iron-clad permanence and manifest... Continue Reading

As the prophet Ezekiel proclaimed long ago: “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And... Continue Reading