Future Salvation in the Book of Hebrews
By Ken Yates [Chapter 1 of the forthcoming commentary on Hebrews] Christ Is the King The first four verses of Hebrews are often called the prologue. In it, the author introduces the readers to the two offices of Jesus Christ discussed in detail in the book: King and High Priest. Jesus is both. This sets […]
Learning to Sorrow in Hope
By Allen Rea On April 23, 2018, after fighting her disease for a very long time, my mother died. The woman that gave birth to me, that cooked me many meals, that loved and supported my every action, left this world. It has been said that when one loses a parent, he loses a part […]
Loving Me Enough
By Charlie McCall Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? (Heb 12:7). A summer staff worker whom I was disciplining made two statements to me. The first was in anger, and I expected it: “You don’t have any right to […]
A Review of Sam Storm’s Kept for Jesus
By Bob Wilkin Kept for Jesus: What the New Testament Really Teaches about Assurance of Salvation and Eternal Security. By Sam Storms. Wheaton, IL:Crossway, 2015. 203 pp. Paper, $15.99. Sam Storms graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1977, the year before I began. While we did not overlap, I have long known of him. He […]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T — Ephesians 5:22-24
By David Bechtel On Thursday, August 16th, 2018, the world lost one of its great voices, the “Queen of Soul”—Aretha Franklin. She was perhaps best known for her recording of the song “Respect.” But, perhaps few know that the song was originally written by a man—Otis Redding. Redding wrote and released the hit song “Respect” […]
A Simple Way to Pray
By Shawn Lazar Do you know how to pray? Are you making progress in your prayer life? Do you find that your prayers have become repetitive, dry, and boring? I find I need help to pray. Do you? Martin Luther’s barber once asked for advice on how to pray to God. So Luther wrote him […]
By Shawn Lazar Do you know how to pray? Are you making progress in your prayer life? Do you find that your prayers have become repetitive, dry, and boring? I find I need help to pray. Do you? Martin Luther’s barber once asked for advice on how to pray to God. So Luther wrote him […]
Faith Alone in 100 Texts
By Bob Wilkin In a recent blog, I indicated that there are over 100 passages in the Bible which say that the one and only condition of everlasting life is believing in Jesus. That led to an email from one of our blog readers: I have known that for a long time, but it […]
What Will Your Legacy Be?
By Ken Yates Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection…others had trial of mockings and scourgings…and imprisonment…were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute…of whom the world was not worthy (Heb 11:35-39). Legacy […]
Appropriating Faith
By James Morison (1816-1893) Some of our older theologians—inclusive of many of the “Marrow-men”—spoke much of the appropriating act of faith. It was this act which they supposed to be saving. “In the direct act of saving faith,” says Anderson, “a person appropriates Christ crucified to himself, saying with the heart, I am verily persuaded […]