How Should Christians View the Law?
Galatians and Colossians show us that questions about the relationship of law and grace were present in the very beginnings of the Christian church. My buddy, Chris Hefner, has written about this issue today and I would encourage you to read his entire article that addresses a Christian’s response to the Law. Here’s an excerpt: …
God’s Provision
Romans 11:5-10. God has given his grace so that his promises could and would be fulfilled. God’s promises will be fulfilled, not because of the ability of people but because of the good grace of God.
Teaching Us To Love
God loves us, and shows us how to love him in return. I’m not a dispensationalist. There are several reasons why I am not a dispensationalist, but one of the primary reasons has to do with the way that the Old Testament Law is disconnected from grace in most popular dispensationalism. Christ was the fulfillment of …
The Daily Docket (7/2/14)
Do you Pervert the Grace of God?— Do you have a growing desire to “reject authority” (verse 8), and have you become suspicious of any perceived authority that would constrict your autonomy? If even archangels are happily under God’s authority (verse 9), how much more should we be as the redeemed? Are you eager to ascribe …
Book Review: Jesus + Nothing = Everything
I received an early copy of Tullian Tchividjian’s latest book, Jesus + Nothing = Everything and have just now gotten around to finishing it. It lived up to it’s hype. I found it to be refreshing and invigorating. This book bleeds the gospel and grace and a reader can help but walk away feeling refreshed. …
Amazing Grace
Below is a testimony given by Dr. Chuck Lawless, Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during a chapel service last week. Dr. Lawless is a godly man, and I am thankful that I was able to learn from his life and teaching while a student at Southern. …
Grace Centered Parenting
“When’s the last time you specifically and sincerely informed your child of an evidence of grace that you’ve observed in his or her life? If it’s been lover than a week, it’s been too long. You have some work to do and something to look forward to. If you aren’t faithful to encourage, you can …
Rejoicing in Grace
“Happy [is] the Christian who sees in every sin a monster that could easily snare him eternally, were it not for the grace of God.” -D.A. Carson, Basic for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1996), 104.