The evidence against the progressive view of the Cross is overwhelming. I’m reminded of Luke 24:25-32, The Road to Emmaus(link is external). Christ had to suffer, and He did so willingly. Christ paid for our sins because it’s impossible for us do it. We cannot earn our salvation, or even stay saved without Christ.   The Beliefnet... Continue Reading

The Spirit-filled believer is so because he or she has not stumbled and fallen while going through tests and trials. They have confessed their sins and repented of them. They are not conformed to this world. They have permeated their lives with the Word of God. They are drawing near unto God in prayer and... Continue Reading

The church is a community of hope, and as such, our Sunday gatherings must train people in hope. The church is an outpost, an embassy of our home country, and when we gather, our goal is to encourage and build one another up in hope and anticipation as we see that future day approaching (Heb... Continue Reading

Step one has a single purpose: Gather information. What precisely is the complaint, the objection, or the challenge your friend is offering? Step two: Find out the specific reasons—if he has any, and if he can articulate them—for holding the contrary view he’s advancing. These two steps provide you with a kind of map you can use... Continue Reading

To collectively lump together the entire human race with the exception of one specific racial group based solely on skin color appears prejudicial, if not radically racist.  It also appears as “Us” and “Them.”  In fact, it lends itself to appearing as “Us vs. them.”   As the teacher stood in front of her kindergarten... Continue Reading

Government can’t solve this problem because it removes both charity and responsibility from the transaction. There is no charity when the government is involved. For many reasons. One is that we aren’t giving any longer, the government is taking. Another one is it totally removes the personal, individual connection that is so important to charity.... Continue Reading

As the Spirit and Son bring us to the Father, they not only prompt us to confess his origin-less divinity but also that he is the fruitful root of the Trinity. Out of the Father’s eternal fecundity, Hilary taught us, he lovingly gives in the eternal generation of the Son and procession of the Spirit.... Continue Reading

No wonder that David tells the nation to learn from his foolish mistakes – the heart of which was his neglect of the nearness of God – and he calls upon them, to ‘put your trust in the LORD, now and forevermore’ (Ps 131.3).   Asaph, reflecting on some of his deepest struggles in the... Continue Reading

A massive problem, that has recently been both seen and exposed. But what is the problem? What is its name? What we are seeing is largely the problem and evil of racial prejudice. But racial prejudice rarely grows into systemic racism. People may be racists without the whole department, organization becoming systemically racist.   I... Continue Reading

So while there is certainly much we can gather from the wisdom of the past, I also wish to point out that our modern situation has its own unique aspects. I am somewhat concerned that many are content to think that the Scriptural paradigm “there is nothing new under the sun” actually means that nothing... Continue Reading