Not Of Works, Lest Anyone Should Boast
When Paul says, in Ephesians 2:8-9, “not of yourselves; it is the gift of God” and “not of works, lest anyone should boast,” and does so in contrast with salvat...
Category: Redemption
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism Vs. The Cross Of Christ
In their 2005 book entitled Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist Denton presented the r...
The Christian And The Holy Spirit (Conclusion)
Some say the Holy Spirit dwells in the Christian the same way Christ does—i.e., by faith (Ephesians 3:17). But in order for me to be required to believe that th...
The Christian And The Holy Spirit
On the first Pentecost after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, people were told to “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ fo...
Who Is The “Wretched Man” Of Romans 7:14-25
When push comes to shove, there are but three basic interpretations of Romans 7:14-25: (1) Paul was writing about his pre-Christian experience under the law of ...
Who Are The Elect, And Why?
Let me answer the questions in the above title like this: If you are not yet one of God’s elect, you can be, if you are so inclined. All you need to do is rende...
A Harmonization Of Romans 3:28 And James 2:24
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law (Rom. 3:28). You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by fa...