Category: Engaging the Culture

[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

“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

“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

“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

“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