I’m a Sinner
I am a sinner. This statement is true. But what does it mean? “Sin” and “Sinner” seem to be theological terms, terms that some religious people use. To some, it…
Gospel
They Don’t Care What You Know Until They Know You Care
Ever heard that title? This is a common phrase and it sounds so good and right. The world doesn’t care what “facts” you know about God and His gospel UNTIL…
2024 Paris Olympic Ceremony
It is the day after the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, and if you’ve spent 15 seconds on social media, you’ve seen the pictures of the blaspheming…
Scriptural Allegories
Allegorizing scripture is a dangerous thing as we can use it to make scripture say basically whatever we’d like it to. There are no guardrails once you begin turning biblical…
Penal Substitutionary Atonement
I may be wrong, but to a a lot of people out there, this is a formal theological phrase. They can define what the phrase means. its one of those…
Federal not Fair
“That’s not fair.” How many times have we heard or said this in our lifetime? Especially from children, who instinctively know when someone’s gotten a little more than them and…
The Missing Gospel
”Christ died and was resurrected for the forgiveness of sins” The line above is the core of the gospel, is it not? I’ll go for the punchline: No, not quite.…
Far As The Curse Is Found – 2023 Christmas
“Far as the curse is found…” Yahweh. You are the Creator and sustainer of everything. Every … thing. Every thing that is not you came from you, the only self-existent…
On Assurance
I was asked once about assurance of salvation – how we know and in particular how we can help assure others, like our kids. The more I think about it,…
Sproul on Postmodernism
“My biggest concern is the way in which the postmodern mentality is seducing the church, even the Reformed church. There seems to be a tacit assumption that somewhere around 1970,…