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The Necessity of Justification by Faith

There are a lot of theological words out there. They're all worth knowing but certainly some more than others. One of those words is...

The God-Pleasing Death of Jesus Christ

"Our God is in the heavens, he does all that he pleases" (Ps 115:3). This is such a crucial truth to acknowledge when it comes to the...

Luke 6 and Christian Assurance

Assurance. Every Christian wants it and needs it but not every Christian has a lot of it. The burning question is: how do I get it? The...

How to Handle (and Not Handle) a Guilty Conscience

When I was in high school my English class read Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Tell-Tale Heart. It's a chilling narrative about a man...

The Passion-less God and the Passion of the Cross

In 2004 Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ took the world by storm. It was a hit. The tragedy and the triumph of the story of Jesus...

The Cross and History: A Good Friday Reflection

If you read the Gospels you will notice something striking. They don't care too much about Jesus' boyhood years. Really, they care most...

Does John 3:16 Prove Calvinism is False?

There may not be another topic in Christian theology on which people have stronger opinions than reformed soteriology. The doctrines of...