Father, Son, and Spirit: The Key to John 3

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By John H. Niemelä John 3:16 is the most famous quotation from Jesus. Some would take issue with that statement. Some think the idea that Jesus said those words is an urban legend of the New Testament.1 Actually, that charge itself is fake news. A veritable war exists between Bible translations (which generally treat John
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Kto jest w stanie zagwarantować życie wieczne?

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Ewangelia Jana przedstawia Jezusa jako mesjańskiego Syna Bożego, który został ukrzyżowany i zmartwychwstał, aby zagwarantować życie wieczne wszystkim wierzącym. Ci, którzy postrzegają Jezusa jako zwykłego człowieka, lekceważą wszelkie wyobrażenia, że mógłby On zagwarantować komukolwiek życie wieczne. Zwykłe ludzkie istoty nie mogą obdarzać innych życiem wiecznym. Czy to oznacza, że musimy z konieczności najpierw przekonywać ludzi
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Does the Word Gospel Equal Jesus Christ’s Death and Resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15?

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By Dr. John H. Niemelä First Corinthians 15’s definition of the word gospel is important.1 For brevity’s sake, I assume the view that saved in 15:2 refers to sanctification, not regeneration. Lowery writes, “As the former message was an essential element in the Corinthians’ experience of ongoing salvation (the pres. tense of the verb saved
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Apprehension of Jesus in the Gospel of John

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Apprehension of Jesus in the Gospel of John. By Josaphat C. Tam. WUNT 2/399. Edited by Jörg Frey. Tübingen, GER: Mohr Siebeck, 2015. 265 pp. Paper, €89,00. Tam is an assistant professor at Evangel Seminary in Hong Kong. This book is a revision of his 2014 Ph.D. thesis at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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We are His Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10)

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By John H. Niemelä For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them (Eph 2:10). Perseverance theology has treated this verse as a prooftext for Calvin’s infamous 1547 dictum: “It is therefore faith alone which justifies [cf. Eph 2:8-9], and yet the
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