The Old Testament is the inspired Word of God — a claim made by the writers themselves, confirmed by Jesus Christ in person, and endorsed by the apostles throughout the New Testament. The church has at various times been tempted to treat the Old Testament as…
Christianity — specifically, the obedient response to the gospel — is the only absolutely sure position for eternal life. Every other position carries a risk that Christianity does not. The call is to make it as sure as ye can. Pilate’s command was addressed to the…
Sanctification means to set apart — to consecrate something or someone for God’s specific use or service. The word carries no inherent reference to moral sinlessness; it refers to the status of belonging to God, of being separated from common use for sacred use. In the…
Sanctification is the setting apart of the Christian from the world and unto God — accomplished by the Spirit, through the truth, by the will of God, in Christ. It is not achieved by the Christian’s moral effort alone; it is the Spirit’s work applied to…
The outline locates the sermon’s weight not on Peter’s failure but on the look of Jesus. The denial is real; its causes are traceable; its consequences are painful. But the sermon’s conclusion is not condemnation — it is recovery. “This was the real beginning of all…
Material and spiritual creation both came from the same source and operate through the same three persons — but with different materials: the Spirit organized and perfected matter in the one; in the other, he organized and perfected the spiritual realm through the incarnation, the apostles…
Christ is the Prince of Peace, who alone gives peace with God, peace with others, and peace within; sin is the disturber of all three, and that peace is enjoyed only by being reconciled to God in Christ and submitting to His terms. Everyone is hunting…
Jesus’ attitude toward His enemies — holding no grudges, bearing injury without malice, returning kindness for hostility, and forgiving freely — is a window into His heart and the pattern His followers must not merely admire but imitate. Character is best measured not by how we…
Psalm 8 is a psalm of wonder: “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him?” (Ps….
Separation is the governing experience of fallen human existence. It begins with the separation of man from God in the garden and ends at the judgment with the ultimate, eternal separation of the righteous and the wicked. Between those two poles, every form of separation —…