Grace

  • There is a war waging in our hearts in regards to sin and righteousness. If you do not know this, or if you fail to believe this, then I wonder whether or not you have truly touched the grace of Jesus Christ in your life. Whether or not the Holy Spirit has caused your own…

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  • To God Be the Glory: A Brief Stroll through Ephesians 1 & 2–Part II

    A Brief Consideration of Ephesians 2:1-10 Last week I started a two-post look at Ephesians 1-2:1-10. As I explained last time, “Those that struggle with this portion of Scripture do so not because the language is difficult, but rather the concept that the language conveys is difficult. However, our theology should be derived from the…

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  • To God Be the Glory: A Brief Stroll through Ephesians 1 & 2

    “To God be the Glory great things He hath done…” This opening of the popular hymn entitled To God be the Glory emphasizes the fact that God alone deserves glory. The reason He deserves praise above all others is emphasized in the portion “great things He hath done….” Well, what are those great things? In…

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  • Did John Calvin Believe in an “Unlimited Atonement?”

    Sometimes in our zeal to prove our case we can over emphasis a point, take things out of context, and make erroneous assumptions. Such is the case with the following statement by Haden Clark: “However, if you have followed my writing, you’ll know that I am not a Calvinist and believe in an unlimited atonement,…

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  • Types, Anti-Types, and the Offspring (Seed) of David: Jesus Christ the last Adam

    The Roles of the Different Types I have taken a long time to get here, I know, but I have finally arrived at a point in my discussion where I can begin to offer a general compare and contrast between David and Jesus. In my last post (read here), which I called a precursor to…

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