You are the Gospel!- Rob Bell and the Anathema of “The Resurrection Rescue”
Clicking a link to something called “the Good News according to Rob Bell” is like hearing an episode of Friends is on TBS– you’ve already seen the show a hundred times but you watch anyways just in...
View ArticleA Wizard with Words – Placing 2 Corinthians 5.11 within Context
“Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others.” (2 Corinthians 5.11a) This is a difficult verse which is often used by those of a non-Calvinist mindset to justify highly produced and/or...
View ArticleHow and Why- Evangelism Cues in 2 Corinthians 5.20
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” (2 Corinthians 5.20) Two things stand out to me here: “God making...
View ArticleProof of Authenticity- Validating the Faith in 2 Corinthians 6.3-4
“We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way.” (2 Corinthians 6.3-4a) One of the toughest challenges in...
View ArticleResource Saturday- Recalling T4G 2008
Okay, so I didn’t get to go to the last one, but the other day I was thinking about how next spring the 2010 Together for the Gospel conference will be making its way into my new residence of...
View ArticleSunday Devotions- Penitential Thoughts on Psalm 25
“Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake...
View ArticleSovereign Means Free- Some Thoughts on 2 Corinthians 9.8
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9.8) Have something unfortunate happen to...
View ArticleMore than ‘Sola Fide’- Self-Examination and Assurance in 2 Corinthians 13.5
“Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” (2...
View ArticleActing by Necessity- Understanding Sovereignty Distinct from Compulsion with...
One of the loudest criticisms of Calvinist soteriology comes in the realm of understanding the working of the Effectual Call. Many would declare a God who sovereignly chooses whom he will save and...
View ArticleResource Saturday- Towards Respectfully Engaging Roman Catholicism
Over the last couple of months I have been under conviction to earnestly and academically interact with the official teachings of the Roman Catholic church in order to prepare myself for ministry to...
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