Christianity truly is a theology of the Cross. We can read right over statements in the Bible like, “Christ was crucified” or that he was “raised up” or that he “suffered unto death” without thinking about it much I know, but I want to ask you to recall and consider such passages with just a brief pause. God…died. He rose…but…our…God…died. The Son, of the only eternal being, took on flesh and that...  Read More

Secularism is one of the greatest enemies of Christ ever created by Satan. Many people today have gone the way of the secularist. Secularism often comes under the pretense of communal benefit. The idea is that if we were all just secular, then no one would ever get offended or excluded. Excluding non-secularists, of course, no matter what else they believe, is always the one acceptable discriminat...  Read More

When we extrapolate, correlate, and humbly appreciate all the biblical data as New Testament believers, it's sure that baptism in water no more unites us to Christ than anything else. It's not a single prayer that surely does it, it's not our decisions, joining a church, or partaking of the blessed ordinance of the Lord's Table that saves us.Christ Jesus lived/dead/risen/glorified and calling alon...  Read More

[Repeat of series introduction that began on 17 December 2023: Where would you go today in the Old Testament to argue that Jesus is the Christ? There’s so much to this that cannot be dismissed. We’re given in many ways what the Messiah would be like, what his character would be, how he’d be received (even by different people), what he’d do, how he’d redeem, that we’d have his lineage, what he’d sa...  Read More

As we Christians navigate this life, remember, we are not yet home. We've left home, but we have not yet arrived on the promised shores. The sea remains. Buffered as we must be then by the winds and waves and beasts of suffering and doubts and fear and paganism, ebbing and flowing with the joys of Christ and the world as yet that he's committed to unbelief, the Cross serves as the lighthouse. The ...  Read More

[Repeat of series introduction that began on 17 December 2023: Where would you go today in the Old Testament to argue that Jesus is the Christ? There’s so much to this that cannot be dismissed. We’re given in many ways what the Messiah would be like, what his character would be, how he’d be received (even by different people), what he’d do, how he’d redeem, that we’d have his lineage, what he’d sa...  Read More