What Is The Gospel?
Christian theology is about the gospel, which is focused on who Jesus is and what he said and did. Jesus is the hero of history and the centerpiece of the […]
A Lesson On Grace Sparked By The Harvard Business Review
An intriguing post appeared in The Harvard Business Review, “Whom To Pay Is More Important Than How Much or How.” Grace Is Your Internal Motivator The first attention grabber […]
Faith, Hope, Love
In 1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 Paul writes, “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work […]
Gratuitous Grace
Unconditional love is a difficult concept around which to wrap one’s mind. Many of us think (whether we admit it or not) there must be some breaking point where God […]
The Judaizers: Know the Heretics
The Rise of the Judaizers A problem arose in the early church when the apostles took the gospel of Jesus to Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles. When Gentiles responded to the […]
Mercy & Merit
The clearest message of Jesus and the deepest message of the Bible is “God’s mercy, not our merit.” When it comes to our salvation we are neither saved by our […]
God’s Compassion
I am on a team headed to Haiti to serve, equip, and deploy Haitian pastors so they can rebuild and minister to the people in their churches and communities. God […]
Offended By Jesus
I was offended by grace last night. My wife was reading the story of Jesus interacting with Zacchaeus from the Jesus Storybook Bible to our 6 month-old daughter. Usually, children’s bibles are filled with simple moralistic truisms, […]