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Clear searchCreation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…ver the earth. That reign will be the earth's great Sabbath. The creature and the Creator Romans 1 provides the necessary starting point. The created world reveals the eternal power and Godhead of its Maker, leaving man without excuse. Yet fallen humanity refuses the response cre…
Read article →How the Law reaches its goal and appointed end in Christ
Christ, the End of the Law? What Paul Meant in Romans 10:4 How the Law reaches its goal and appointed end in Christ Few sentences have carried more weight in Christian discussions of the Law than Romans 10:4: "For Christ is the end of th…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…an? Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation Romans 9:6 is often used as a definition of spiritual Israel: "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel." —Romans 9:6 The usual argument is straightforward. Physical descent from Jac…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…re abandoned to an unparalleled holocaust. He then appeals to John 5, Daniel, Matthew 24, Romans 8 and the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 to reject the system. Some of his criticism is directed particularly towards the language of Tim LaHaye and popular Left Behind presentatio…
Read article →Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance
…to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” —Romans 8:1 This does not mean believers should take sin lightly. It means we face our sin in the light of Christ’s saving work. God’s correction is the loving discipline of a Father, not a d…
Read article →Not escape from the body, but its redemption
…ippians 1:23). To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8). Death cannot separate the believer from Christ. But even being with Christ in heaven is not the final chapter of Christian hope. The New Testament points towards the resurrection of the…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…justice will be established and not even the weight of a mustard seed overlooked. Surah 7:8–9 describes those whose scales are heavy as successful and those whose scales are light as lost. Surah 101:6–9 gives the same contrast. It would be inaccurate to describe Islam as a purely…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…variously translated "the Loving", "the Most Loving" or "the Affectionate" (Surahs 11:90; 85:14). It would therefore be false to claim that love is absent from the Qur'anic description of Allah. Nor is Qur'anic love merely an abstract title. Surah 5:54 speaks of a people "who lov…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…from the text. I wrote three Strong’s numbers across a scrap of lined paper: gennaō — G1080 monogenēs — G3439 prōtotokos — G4416 !My original handwritten word study tracing gennaō, monogenēs and prōtotokos. My original word study from the early years of my Christian walk. I had…
Read article →The peace Christ gives in a troubled world
…discourse He promised: "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." —John 14:18 “Comfortless” carries the thought of being left as orphans. The disciples feared that Christ's departure would mean the loss of His presence. Jesus assured them that they would not be aban…
Read article →Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation
…magnificent promises: “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8); “we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2); and “they shall see his face” (Revelation 22:4). The difficulty begins when this truth is made to carry the whole weight of Christian hope. Eter…
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