It’s based on what exactly? My Muslim friends should agree with me that our theology about God’s nature should come from what he has revealed about himself in his Word. We need to accept what he says and not be swayed by the philosophies of men, or what makes sense Read more…
John Owen speaks on the revelation of God’s wrath in the death of Jesus, and touches on why it would be impossible for God to “just forgive” people apart from the atonement: In him God hath manifested the naturalness of this righteousness [his wrath] unto him, in that it was Read more…
If there is any further need to prove that the approach to reading the Law which I laid out in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series is correct, the simplest proof is that many of the most important laws are incomprehensible without it. Don’t work on the Sabbath. Read more…
In Part 1, I discussed that although in Christ we are no longer under the Law, the Law still has value for us when we pursue the moral principles that stand behind its specific injunctions. In this part, I want to make the point that, to a certain degree, that Read more…
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the Read more…
Who created the world? That seems like a simple enough question. God created the world. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 But there’s more. The Bible also teaches that Jesus created the world. All things were made through him, and without him was not Read more…
How many times have you heard an atheist say that they would be happy to believe in God, but nobody has presented him with sufficient evidence for God’s existence? We could at this point launch into a historical case for the resurrection of Jesus or some other standard argument for Read more…
On October 30th, an American missionary died in Cameroon. He was a father of eight, and after years of preparation, his family had been in the country for only two weeks. In the face of tragedies like this one, some of the promises of scripture can ring hollow in our Read more…
Hi Luis, I was certainly surprised to read about your decision, and although you and I had only exchanged a few words on Twitter, you are a personal friend of friends of mine, so this hits a bit close to home. I understand you don’t want to debate, and I’m Read more…