Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST BY IMPLICATION We will introduce two terms that we have already brushed up against and which are quite familiar to seasoned Christians anyway—the Incarnation and the Virgin Birth of Jesus. The doctrine of the Incarnation... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Chapter 4 HellThis subject is so important because it is one of the most powerful witnesses that communicates something about the holiness of God. God did not crucify and mutilate His one and only blessed Son, and He did not create [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Chapter 4 HellThis subject is so important because it is one of the most powerful witnesses that communicates something about the holiness of God. God did not crucify and mutilate His one and only blessed Son, and He did not create [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell… For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” COLOSSIANS 1:19, 2:9  The Christian theologian, in articulating the faith, always has a positive and negative function. He is engaged... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
A13: Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God. This is the biblical answer to the question “What is wrong with the world?” or put another way, “What... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I don't think this is one of those questions that most people would sit around and burn up their brain cells on. However it is a question that if paid attention to will not only give us tremendous insight on how to live our lives, but will be the ve [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.               2 TIMOTHY 2:5 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
It has been widely agreed upon that Jesus was born in 4 B. C., which may seem a little awkward given that B. C. still means “before Christ,” yet the oversight comes not from Scripture but from the best guess of a sixth century monk named Dionysius... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
What do we make of Rick Warren now that we have been told that we should make something different about Rick Warren? For me the answer is easy. I never “made” anything about him before John Piper’s recent interaction with him to begin with. So what... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]