MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Apr
13
Firm Foundation: Part 17
The Son of God has taken our nature and the consequences of our sin to Himself as He descended to the very abyss of the human condition.
2 min read
Sep
14
Firm Foundation: Part 16
The Son of God heals our nature by joining it to himself. Human nature is changed by this union. Mortality joins hands with immortality. The grave becomes the beginning of life.
3 min read
Sep
14
Firm Foundation: Part 15
In the Roman Empire, crucifixion wasn’t only about death. It was about public disgrace. The problem with being crucified wasn’t just that it would kill you but that it would humiliate you at the same time.
3 min read
Sep
14
Firm Foundation: Part 14
Christians today might be more tempted by the allure of a triumphalist faith, or by a distorted gospel that promises worldly satisfactions and success. But believers are baptized into the way of a suffering Lord who lays on his followers not a crown but a cross.
3 min read
Sep
14
Firm Foundation: Part 13
The Incarnation, the Virgin Birth, and Peter’s hell-conquering confession that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt 16:16) are all crucial to the good news of forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life.
7 min read
Aug
22
Firm Foundation: Part 12
When the Spirit (ruach) hovers or broods over the womb of Mary, we see a picture of God’s creative work once again. The physical man Jesus is the result of the creative breath of God’s Spirit.
4 min read
Aug
14
Firm Foundation: Part 11
Jesus was fully God, but He was also fully human. As the Son of God and the Son of Man, Jesus, our Lord and our King, is deserving of both titles.
4 min read
Aug
14
Firm Foundation: Part 10
When the Bible refers to Jesus as Son, it is declaring, pronouncing, and confessing His uniqueness … His deity. There should be no doubt in our minds that Jesus is God’s “monogenes” Son, God’s only begotten Son our Lord!
3 min read
Aug
14
Firm Foundation: Part 9
The Father and Son are uniquely inseparable. To know the Father is to know Him as He is revealed to us through the Son.
3 min read
Aug
13
Firm Foundation: Part 8
The Lord Jesus Christ serves as the hub from which all our beliefs radiate. Personal attachment to the hub, Jesus Christ, requires our total allegiance to Him.
2 min read