“I believe that the coming of the Christ fulfilled all of the Old Testament Scriptures and did so without retiring their moral and spiritual authority over us.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 8
Not Dead Faith
[Justifying] “faith is the gift of God, lest any man decide to boast, and as the gift of God, it is the only kind of faith that God efficaciously gives—living faith. As living faith it is also an obedient faith, but only in the sense that the sculpted dust that was to be Adam was obedient when God breathed the breath of life into his nostrils. God said live, and so he obediently came to life. The only actions this living and obedient faith perform as the instrument of justification are the actions of resting in and receiving the imputed righteousness of Christ.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 7
Civic Grace
“I believe that, as Christian emissaries come to each of these nations to be discipled, the foundational cornerstone proclaimed by them is that Jesus is Lord. The first corollary to this is that Caesar isn’t lord, and so the first gift the Church brings, and the first point of repentance for the established authorities of each nation, is the liberating doctrine of limited government.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 7
The Merciful Ocean
“I believe that when the Spirit was poured out on Pentecost, this was the beginning of God’s plan to inundate the world with grace, mercy, and forgiveness until the whole thing is covered over with fulfilled promises as far as the eye can see.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 6
A Saving Union
“I believe that Christ did not die so that we might live. He died so that we might die, and He lives so that we might live.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 5
At and On
“I believe that the first Adam threw us down by disobeying at a tree, and the second Adam lifted us up by obeying on a tree.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 5
And That Is the Goal, Right?
“Nothing serves like the psalms if the goal is to nurture and restore a vertebrate church.”
The Way It Will Happen
“I believe that this righteousness of faith is what the sons of Abraham were promised they would be able to use to overpower the world and all of its customs, manners, and ways.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 5
And Everything in Between
“I believe that God’s almighty and ancient good pleasure and will determined the position, velocity, and number of the first photons as they came into being when He first spoke the word of light and also determined the number of hairs on the back of the last stray dog on the last day of this preliminary and vanishing world.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 3
Balance
“A godly satirist should target lack of proportion, not exhibit lack of proportion.”