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Clear searchTrusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
When Faith Does Not Answer Back Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence One of the most instructive details in the account of Hezekiah and Rabshakeh is easily overlooked: the people did not answer. Rabshakeh…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
Two Revelations of Divine Love What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God Love is easily claimed. Its character is revealed by what it does when the beloved is undeserving and the cost is real. Islam and Christianity both speak of divine mercy, forgiveness and…
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
Did the Incarnation Limit God? Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words Why this is useful to know: The language we use about Jesus creates a picture in the mind. If that…
Read article →Two failures, two responses, and the difference between remorse and repentance
…nd fruitful service. Their stories illustrate the vital distinction in Paul’s words: “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” —2 Corinthians 7:10 The difference was not simply that Peter felt worse than J…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…ntifies Jesus as the eternal Creator helps us preserve the faith, strengthen our trust in God, answer objections wisely and know Christ more truly. Suggested excerpt: Ambrose argued that Scripture says the Word “was,” not that “He was not.” But does eternal existence by itself pr…
Read article →Why the Son assumed a complete human nature, not merely a body
…e, not merely a body Why this is useful to know: Christians rightly confess that Jesus is God manifest in the flesh. Yet if “flesh” is imagined as a human body animated directly by the divine Word, Jesus can become less than fully human in our thoughts. Scripture presents somethi…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
…onsible reading. Deuteronomy 18: the Prophet like Moses Moses tells Israel: "The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken" (Deuteronomy 18:15). God then says: "I will raise them up a Prophet fr…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…more than agreeing that a collection of Christian sentences is correct. Through the truth God has revealed, the Spirit brings the sinner to recognise the living God, his own guilt, and the glory and sufficiency of Jesus Christ—and to believe on Him. The same words can carry diffe…
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