“The gospel is an unrelenting assault on graceless religion, on all the ways we try to avoid grace.” + Scotty Smith As I read this quote from the commentary notes in the Gospel Transformation Bible, the grace of God struck me upside the head. Christianity is the only religion where grace is the means of […]
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Why, As a Christian, I Do Not Hold to “Traditional Marriage”
For quite a while my inner being has cringed during the times I hear Christians use the term “traditional marriage.” However, I have not been able to put my finger exactly on why, since I am a Christian who holds to the rich history of the reformation, and the sufficiency of Scripture. But lately, as […]
Loved by God
I have begun to discover that the deeper I go into theology, the more simplistic my joy becomes. I am not saying that I find no joy in the thick of theology. What I mean is, the more you go into theology, the more amazing it is that we are loved by God. In the […]
The Surety of Acceptance
See Christ yonder, sitting at his Father’s right hand! Believer! He is the pledge of thy glorification; he is the surety of thine acceptance; and, moreover, he is thy representative. I imagine emotion oozing from Charles Spurgeon’s voice backed by unction from his gut, as he preached these words. Truer yet, I imagine a particular […]
Jesus, Forever Fascinating
The problem with humanity is that we are far too easily fascinated by things that don’t matter, and not nearly fascinated enough with the things that do matter. This is also true with people who claim to be Christians. Many Christians are far too caught up in anything and everything but Christ and what He […]