challies.com • April 21, 2014 I am one of those New Calvinists, I guess, which means I am part of a crowd that values preaching, and expository preaching in particular. Of course I was an Old Calvinist before I was a New one and was raised in a tradition that valued preaching just as highly. For my…
A Cost Of All This Preaching? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
jamesmacdonald.com And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and…
The Way God Wins was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
By C Michael Patton • reclaimingthemind.org • April 18, 2014 The concept of Original Sin has long been a vital part of Christian Orthodoxy, yet is being challenged and redefined by many in the Church today. Some are beginning to question the validity of the traditional Evangelical understanding of the doctrine asking questions of its legitimacy in its current understanding. Most…
ARE WE REALLY HELD GUILTY FOR THE SIN OF ANOTHER? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
jamesmacdonald.com In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins (1 John 4:9-10, ESV).…
Why Did Jesus Have to Suffer? was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
Ephesians 4:15 Nothing shapes your life like the decisions you make. If you want to know what you’ll be 20 or 30 years from now, examine the commitments and priorities that rule your life. It’s at the point of commitment that most of us miss God’s best. Because we are afraid to commit to anything,…
STOP – Living with regrets… was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
By Devotional • ligonier.org • April 16, 2014 Those who gathered around the cross, on that dusty hill, could feel Jesus’ raspy cry reverberate in their own dry throats: “I thirst!” These are the words of One whose vitality was almost dried up to death. Yet, in those words we witness the thoughtful tenderness of the Good Teacher as…
Jesus’ Thirst and Our Spiritual Rehydration was originally published on BIBLE Knowledge
