Suffering and Glory: Part 2

Suffering and Glory: Part 2

Christ Our Example For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you,...
Suffering and Glory Part 1

Suffering and Glory Part 1

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what a person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent...
Gospel Freedom: Part 5

Gospel Freedom: Part 5

Enduring Suffering   “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.Through him we also have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.   Romans...
Gospel Freedom: Part 4

Gospel Freedom: Part 4

The Gospel and Religious Traditions   During the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus, he demonstrated by both word and deed his abhorrence of human traditions. This is especially true when it came to how they obscured the plain meaning of the Law. Scripture...
Gospel Freedom: Part 3

Gospel Freedom: Part 3

 Overcoming Sin   “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14 In the previous blogs in this series, we have examined the various ways the Gospel sets us free. Today, we examine one of the most important ways...