Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
WILLPOWER IS WEAK There’s an assumption about human nature that is important to have in place as we think about New Year’s Resolutions: people do what they want to do. […]
Gospel-Driven Sanctification
People love rules. And rules make sense because they give us conditions. In essence, you could say we are natural-born legalists. It goes like this: if you do a, b, […]
God Was Reconciling The World To Himself
In 2 Corinthians 5, the Apostle Paul sums up the big picture of God’s mission with one key word: reconcile. THE RECONCILED BECOME RECONCILERS God did two things for Paul. […]
The Bible Is Shockingly Honest and Gloriously Hopeful
I did an interview with Paul Tripp and we covered everything from dating to parenting and all the grace between. Background: · Paul Tripp’s Life: 0:20 · Daily Drive for […]
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 […]
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
History From the beginning of the church, the doctrine of biblical inerrancy has been affirmed by orthodox Christians but is frequently challenged by opponents. Inerrancy can be defined as “the […]
Ransomed
The Apostle Peter writes to Christians: You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious […]
The Councils of Carthage and Orange
Theological Anthropology Theological anthropology refers to the doctrine of humanity, how humans relate to God, and the human condition before and after the Fall. Secular anthropologies root the evil in […]
B.B. Warfield Says Jesus Has Emotions Too
In his article “The Emotional Life of Our Lord,” B.B. Warfield begins: “It belongs to the truth of our Lord’s humanity, that he was subject to all sinless human emotions.” It […]