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“God never clothes men until He has first stripped them, nor does He quicken them by the gospel till first they are slain by the Law. When you meet with persons in whom there is no trace of conviction of sin, you may be quite sure that they have not been wrought upon by the [...]
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I was listening to a podcast on Issues Etc. earlier this week and I was struck by a profound thought. The title of the podcast was “The Vocation of Minister.” I’d normally link directly to it but the site appears to be down as I’m writing this, nothing will load. The guest speaker was talking [...]
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“What God’s Word really means when it says that man is justified and saved by faith alone is nothing else than this: Man is not saved by his own acts, but solely by the doing and dying of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the whole world. Over against this teaching modern [...]
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I’m currently reading a book entitled The Spirituality of the Cross: The Way of the First Evangelicals by Gene Edward Veith, Jr. It’s been a very enlightening book that talks about what constitutes genuine spirituality. I was struck by this quote: By “spirituality,” I do not mean any kind of content-free, theologically-vacuous quest for transcendent [...]
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“I ask you what you think of the faithful minister of Christ, who honestly exposes sin and pricks your conscience. Mind how you answer that question. Too many, nowadays, like only those ministers who prophesy smooth things and let their sins alone, who flatter their pride and amuse their intellectual taste, but who never sound [...]
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I’m tired of people using the cliche that Christianity isn’t about do’s and don’ts, it’s about a relationship. This is true, but it’s somewhat of a false dichotomy. It often masks antinomianism (belief that we no longer have any obligation to God’s Law because of Christ). All relationships are guarded and preserved by rules. Try [...]
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It’s no big secret that the gospel of American Christianity is really no Gospel at all — see my recent post entitled American Jesus: A Manifesto for more on that. But this is much more significant than just the presentation of “Decision Theology” and other Pelagian ideals, it involves a complete removal of Christ from [...]
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A good friend and spiritual father to me (1 Corinthians 4:15), Dick Rockenbach, recently asked me to begin thinking about the differences between the American Jesus and the Real Jesus — which is a really interesting topic. I had intended to first write a post about connections and evangelism, but that has been sitting in [...]
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I’ve spoken before about the tensions in our faith: Law and Gospel, Sinner and Saint, etc. I also talk about it some in the About page on this site. I have been participating in a really good conversation lately in the comments section of one of Daniel and Heather’s blog posts entitled, Reflecting on the [...]
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