“God told me x.” “The Spirit is leading me here.” “I feel like God wants me to x.” “I sense the Spirit’s move in x direction.” We’ve all heard it a million times. These are the excuses- er, uh, I mean, *reasons for the decisions Christian’s make. Maybe this is how you explain the decisions […]
Joshua
Not Condemned or Condemned Already? John 3:18
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. Introduction In many ways, our text today is a very simple, straight forward, and self-explanatory text. Nevertheless there are very important truths here that we […]
That the World Might be Saved Through Him; John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. The Sending of the Son We see a bit of a nice little proof text here, if you will, for the covenant of redemption between the Father and […]
How God Loved the World; John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Introduction If you have a red-letter bible you will see that John 3:16-21 is in red, meaning these are the words of Jesus. However in Greek there is no […]
The Wicked Borrow but Do Not Repay
Our dearest Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez is in the news for another outrageous proposal. Along with Bernie Sanders, Ilhan Omar, and others, Cortez wants to cancel student loan debt and make college “free” for all. Cortez made no bones about, she herself has skin in the game with student loans she wants cancelled. It seems as if she is […]