Through union with Christ, you are righteous (having been justified), new (regenerated), and holy (definitively sanctified). In this unbreakable union with Christ we are given a new history, a new identity, and a new destiny. • We are given a new history, because his past counts as our past: his perfect life and obedient death...
Or: How Is All Preaching Gospel Preaching? Or: How Is All Preaching the Proclamation of Christ Crucified? Ten Theses: 1. Whatever lasting good God ever does or ever did or ever will do for any individual person, he does and did and will do because of his free, utterly undeserved grace. What do you have...
On what this generation is looking for that has been missing in church: Transcendence. My generation was raised on a religion of moral control. Do this. Don’t do that. And a lot of self-help religion. Feel better. Get out of debt. Six ways to overcome your fears. Seven ways not to lust. Ultimately that message...
The Truth of the Word awakens faith, the source of all obedience. Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. The Truth of the Word frees from sin. John 8:32 …and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. The Truth of the Word frees...
The biblical depiction of fallen mankind is desperate, dark and dire. Consider the following descriptions of an unregenerate person: Our eyes are blind to the glories of the gospel (Matthew 13:14-15, John 12:39-40, 2 Corinthians 4:4). Our minds are darkened and hostile toward God (Romans 8:7, Ephesians 4:18, Colossians 1:21). Our ears are deaf to...
