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Tag Archives: Cross
Reason for the Season part #3
Christmas day is tomorrow. Lauren, Ellie and I actually celebrated today, as tomorrow will be full of activities and commitments. Nonetheless, tomorrow is the big day. So, we still need to address the final part of that passage in Matthew … Continue reading
Excruciating pain ending in an unjust death… good news?
Flesh beaten, battered, bruised and torn. A whip with nine cords, equipped with pieces of bone and metal to tear the prisoners back, pounding down every minute. Prisoners sometimes couldn’t withstand this scourging and would die during the beating, but … Continue reading
What is our central focus? – Mark #3 “The Gospel”
What is the Good News [Gospel]? Is it that “I’m okay”? Or that God is love? Is it that Jesus is my friend? Or that I should straighten up and start living right? What is the Good News of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in Ecclesiology, Nine Marks Series, Theology
Tagged church, Cross, Mark Dever
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Gospel-centered Living
Whether we admit it or not, most of us live as if we are saved by faith and then live by works. We realize that we can’t save ourselves, but we try to sanctify ourselves through trying harder. Unfortunately, this usually … Continue reading
The mystery of sanctification…
“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…” (Philippians 2:12b) In the protestant world we are not used to having the words ‘work’ and ‘salvation’ in the same sentence, yet here it is in Paul’s letter to the Philippians. … Continue reading
Is it worth it?
The Christian life isn’t easy. In fact, Jesus tells us that we will be persecuted and that we will be the targets of Satan’s attacks. It is going to be hard at times. It is going to be frustrating. It is going … Continue reading
He Stood in the Gap
They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass. They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. Therefore he said he would destroy … Continue reading
Mark Driscoll on Religion [video]
To be Christian does not mean try harder to live according to a set of rules, but it means admitting that you have failed and now you are turning to Jesus in faith. Religion leads to either pride or despair, … Continue reading
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
The pharisees were uncomfortable with Jesus’ willingness to spend time with those who were generally treated like outcasts in ancient Israelite society. Why? They certainly were interested in maintaining ritual purity, and they thought that being around ‘sinners’ would make … Continue reading
Posted in Devotional, Ecclesiology, Theology, Video
Tagged church, Cross, devotion, evangelism, Jesus, video
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The Justice of the Cross
“It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” -Romans 3:26 We are often swept up in the mercy and grace of the … Continue reading
