SETTING THE STAGE In the beginning God spoke all things into being with the mere utterance of his voice. There was not a thing that was made apart from His sovereign decree. One creature, man, was the pinnacle of God’s creation. For man was created in the image and likeness of his creator. God gave […]
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Gospel-Driven Womahood
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may […]
Sheep, Shepherds, and Soteriology
I am pleased to have Edward LaRow writing at Rags for Riches today; enjoy: To preface this “snippet” here is a basic definition of Soteriology. Soteriology is the field of study concerned with outlining the effects of the atoning work of Christ. It derives from the Greek noun “σωτηρία” meaning “salvation”, or “deliverance”. There are two methodological […]
No Longer Damned
“Do and Live” the law commands, It’s crushing weight I cannot bear. Death is the verdict it demands, The thundering judgment I cannot share. There is no hope or plea in me, For salvation, where to look? Christ comes and says, “I died for thee.” There my punishment Jesus took. No longer damned do I […]
Think Much on Grace
I recently heard an interview with Christian George in which he quoted a small phrase found in a Charles Spurgeon sermon. The phrase, though small, is quite profound: “Think much on grace, Christian.” We don’t think much as entertainment-stricken 21st century Americans. We do just about everything to avoid it. But when we do think, […]