Category: Grace

It is often recognized that portions of Scripture are geared to encourage and exhort. Sometimes, we need to hear the sweetness of a word that is timely in our downtrodden condition to uplift us emotionally and spiritually. The Proverbs speak of “a word fitly spoken” (25:11). Words have power. Not like the prosperity preachers imagine,…
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What’s in a name? Perhaps you have heard this question asked or possibly you have asked it yourself. Names still matter in our day, but we tend to link names with the past rather than choose them, or have them chosen for us, with the future in mind. Biblical examples abound with names given and…
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In recent years there has been a reservation on the part of Reformed[1] minded Christians to categorically state that all forms of Semi-Pelagianism are heretical. Not only is this timidity puzzling but the boldness by which these folks announce holders of a libertarian — free-will — theological outlook as “brothers in Christ” is rather alarming.…
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Jesus never failed to surprise His audience. He was accused of being a glutton and a winebibber. He was looked down upon as a “friend of sinners.” He chose ordinary folks, mere fishermen, to be His closest disciples. He was polite to the outcasts and ousted the prestigious. So, at the dinner hosted by the…
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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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