For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. (Psalm 103:11) How high are the heavens a...

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the ...

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. (1 Corinthians 15:56) Last time, we looked at the question of what Paul me...

Therefore, just as sin entered into the cosmos through one man, and death through sin, so also death pervaded all humanity, whereupon al...

Thoughts culled from my random file, gathered from my Twitter tweets , Facebook updates and Instagrams . About love, forgiveness, glor...

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. (Romans 12:15) In times of tragedy, it has become common on social media t...

There are three things we should understand about the Old Testament and the early Church if we want to read the Scriptures the way the ...

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that n...

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that n...

Thoughts culled from my random file, gathered from my Twitter tweets , Facebook updates and Instagrams . About love, freedom, glory, h...

The LORD is compassionate and gracious,     slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse,     nor will He harbor His a...

Recently, I came across this quote by J. C. Ryle , who was an Anglican bishop (the first one in Liverpool, England, according to Wikipe...

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you...

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that n...

The way we worship is the way we believe. Back in the fourth century, Evagrius of Ponticus said, “The one who prays is a theologian; th...

Many evangelicals have a contract mentality about salvation, that salvation is a matter of quid pro quo , of this for that. They have s...

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the r...

Good Friday and what God was doing in Christ: On this day, God demonstrated his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ...

For much of my life as a Christian, I accepted the theory known as “Penal Substitutionary Atonement.” There are three aspects to that: ...

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” ...