“No translation means exactly the same thing.”
Concise and to the Point, p. 11
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Not Scripture Emeritus
“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
Candace and the Bathtub Admirals
Introduction: So let me begin with a brief discussion of the correspondence view of truth and the coherence view of “truths.” Pilate famously asked “what is truth?” when the Incarnate Truth was standing right in front of him (John 18:38). In an analogous way, sophomores and sophists ask what is truth? when the answer is …
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
Another Reason to Get Out of California
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
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Letter to the Editor: Re. A Little Preliminary Horsing Around200 proof gratitude is more to the mark. 200 proof = 100%, though I’m likely not the first to say so.Have a nice day! ...