Q&A

By Anthony Badger Calvinism Question. I see a lot of people turning to Calvinism. I believe God in His sovereignty gave us free will, and He does intervene on earth, but that doesn’t take away our free will. I just wanted to ask what the church believed before Augustine (300-400 years after Christ)? Also, Calvinists […]

Noah: Saved by Faith and by Works

By Shawn Willson In late 2021, I preached through the story of Noah for the second time in my pastoral ministry. As I began the series, I took a moment to look back on what I wrote on Noah in 2009. I cringed when I saw the title of the second sermon in the series. […]

Romans 13: A Concise Commentary

From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Obeying those in authority (13:1-7) 13:1. Paul begins by making clear that he conceives of no exceptions to what he is now saying (every person). The subjection enjoined here is based on the simple fact that there is no authority if it is not […]

Top 5 Reasons Not to Tear Down Your House

By Summer Stevens I watched him walk up the stairs to our room. It was the third weekend in a row we’d had a stupid argument, and this one was on me and we both knew it. I flopped onto the couch and sighed in frustration. Immediately a verse flashed into my mind: “A wise […]

Simon, Peter, or Cephas?

By Laurence M. Vance “But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed” (Gal 2:11). Although this verse seems rather inconspicuous, it is actually one of the most significant verses in the New Testament. This is not to say that Paul meant it to be […]