How ‘Love God And Others’ Is A Backward Gospel
Sometimes you hear people say that the gospel message is “Love God, love others.” It sounds nice, but it’s all backward. “Love God and love others” is not a summary […]
J. Gresham Machen: “Liberalism Has Abandoned Christianity”
Today, we begin a seven-part series based on J. Gresham Machen’s seminal work, Christianity and Liberalism (1923). Machen was an American Presbyterian minister and professor of New Testament at Princeton […]
Christ Is Too Strong
“‘Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is […]
Punching Through The Darkness
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 8:12 Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of classic […]
The Theme Throughout The Entire Bible
“Salvation belongs to the LORD!” Psalm 3:8, Jonah 2:9 This theme is repeated throughout the entire Bible: salvation belongs to the Lord. In the Old Testament, we see that God is always saving […]
From Filthy Rags To Robes Of Righteousness
You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, […]
Grace All The Way
There is a damaging idea floating around that says, “God saved you, now what are you going to do for him?” This is a recipe for failure. If you come […]
You Are God’s Child
“You are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” 1 Corinthians 3:23 Because you are of Christ and Christ is of God, God accepts, owns, and affirms you. If you have put […]
James Cone: Black Theology, Liberation, and Reconciliation
Recently, CNN’s Belief Blog discussed the significance of James Cone’s theology in an article, “America’s ‘angriest’ theologian faces the lynching tree.” Today, on the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, we describe […]
Jesus Loses No One
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do […]