The Complexity of Salvation: Getting It Right
What does it mean to be "saved" according to the Bible? This is a tricky question for a number of reasons. To start, the Bible is a complex book. It …
What does it mean to be "saved" according to the Bible? This is a tricky question for a number of reasons. To start, the Bible is a complex book. It …
The moment of the cross is not only the moment of penal substation.The cross is (among many things) also the moment of covenant fulfillment and creation. Through Jesus' death God …
I mentioned in my last post that Jesus’ teaching was subtle. I chalked this up to the vastness of his teaching. I said that the reason he was so subtle …
There's a popular Christian video out right now called "The Gospel in Four Minutes". I admit that it's interesting, creative, and even quite sound theologically. However, there is one thing …
I'm currently reading in John 6. This is the "I am the bread of life" chapter. Jesus, in teaching about himself as the bread of life, makes a strong connection …
The Bible plainly teaches that there is nothing that humanity can do to save itself collectively, or individually. No one is able, in their own strength and effort, to put …
I wanted to share this with you. I read this just this morning in the Preface to N.T. Wright's Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision and thought it was excellent. "Second, the question is …
John Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection is most-times misunderstood by its opponents. John Wesley never taught that Christians should be sinless or could achieve sinlessness in this life. John Wesley …
Christological heresies seem to be unending. People seem to have more problems in dealing with the nature of the person of Jesus Christ more than most other Christian doctrines. Is …
To understand the Trinity, an entirely new way of thinking about reality had to be developed. The old philosophical framework, the old paradigm, nor the old lens, had the terminology, …