Category: Cross of Christ

No, I don’t mean that paradox, usually referred to as ‘antinomy,’ some time back made quite popular by J. I. Packer in his book, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, which is helpful in many ways, but ultimately, in my opinion, is unsatisfying. No, the ‘paradox, I mean is the utter senselessness of some biblical…
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What did Jesus do when He died? The writer of the epistle to the Hebrews answers that question and has some amazing truths embedded within his book.  For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the…
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Reformed theology posits a thesis that suggests that God designed the gospel to save His people from their sins (Matt. 1:21), and sent Christ to die for them alone (John 10:11; Acts 20:28; Eph. 5:25-27), and their salvation is guaranteed by the work of Christ (Rom. 8:32; 2 Peter 1:3,4). So far, so good. The…
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You have probably heard the pious sounding claim, that “all men are equal at the foot of the cross.” The teaching this slogan seeks to portray is suspect, though there is a way in which we could consider the statement in another light. If “all men are equal at the foot of the cross,” speaks…
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The cross provides an atonement. Indeed, the cross saves. But how? The fact that Jesus died on the cross in AD 30 or 33 is pretty much established by historical investigation. I will continue to have an interest in the historical aspects of Jesus’s life. The significance of that death and its true meaning is…
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[This paper originally had footnotes, which seem to have evaporated. It was prepared as one of the requirements in a PhD seminar on Martin Luther with the late historian, Marvin Anderson in the Fall of 1999].   Introduction Martin Luther’s theology of the cross [theologia crucis] is of central significance. Luther’s impact cannot be overstated.…
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