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Does the Cross Reveal Our Value?

The Cross, Our Value, and the Danger of Heresy

May 6, 2020 Theology heresy Comments are off for this post

To confess that the cross primarily reveals our value to God is a false doctrine that undermines the good news of God's glorious grace.

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The Irony of the Cross

The Irony of the Cross

April 10, 2020 Bible Study Good Friday Comments are off for this post

In our Lord's Passion we see the greatest example of irony in Scripture as God overturns and makes foolish the world's wisdom.

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Jesus Christ Descended to the Dead

Christ’s Descent to the Dead is Good News

April 3, 2020 Books books Comments are off for this post

Christ’s descent to the dead is not only a biblically supported and historically confessed doctrine of the Christian church, but it is gloriously good news.

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Give Your Life to Jesus - Glen Scrivener

“Give Your Life to Jesus”: Putting Cart Before Horse

February 28, 2020 Christian Living altar call Comments are off for this post

Glen Scrivener's poem shows how we put cart before horse by telling people to "Give their lives to Jesus" without first being reminded of what He gave.

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qualified delivered redeemed - colossians 1:12-14

Qualified, Delivered, and Redeemed

August 28, 2019 Bible Study Colossians Comments are off for this post

In order to walk worthy of Christ, we must constantly give thanks to God, who has graciously qualified, delivered, and redeemed us.

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Your Testimony is not the Gospel

Your Testimony is not the Gospel

August 22, 2018 Christian Living Evangelism Comments are off for this post

Our testimony can often replace actually sharing the gospel. But sharing your testimony, in and of itself, doesn't necessarily constitute evangelism.

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