I just read a blog by a friend about Jesus’ death on the cross. In the course of his discussion he said, “Darkness covered the whole land at noon (Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44). For the next three hours Jesus was baring the sins of the world as a substitute for all of us.”

Do you know the difference between repenting of your sins and confessing your sins? Here’s an illustration. In Texas, there’s about two weeks during the spring and about two weeks during the fall when no one complains about the weather. For those brief moments, the weather is perfect. It’s sunny enough not to need your

My friend Don Reiher sent me an audio link to a message by Dr. R. C. Sproul on his Renewing Your Mind broadcast from a few weeks ago. It is entitled “Dying in Faith.” It is part of a series entitled “Surprised by Suffering.” You can listen to it by clicking here. Sproul’s big idea

A reader sent me a Roman Catholic article entitled, “Justification by Faith Formed in Love (Not by Faith Alone) in the Bible and Early Church Writings.” You can find the article here. It has become common in the last twenty-five years for Evangelicals to speak of “initial justification” and of “final justification.” In this article

One day I’ll have to write an article about John W. Robbins’ understanding of faith and saving faith. Robbins was a disciple of Gordon H. Clark. He ran the Trinity Foundation, which publishes Clark’s books, including Faith and Saving Faith. That book has been influential in Free Grace circles because it clearly shows why works cannot be

Sometimes people will say that saving faith is trust in a person. What does that mean, exactly? Here is John W. Robbins explaining when that expression makes sense, and when it does not: “Long before the neo-orthodox theologians thought of saying that faith is an encounter with a divine person rather than assent to a

Preachers and Theologians Sometimes Make Up Stuff Preachers and theologians tend to be careful when explaining fundamental Biblical truths like the deity of Christ, substitutionary atonement, Jesus’ bodily resurrection on the third day, the Second Coming of Christ, and the inerrancy of Scripture. By careful, I mean that they will quote Scriptures to back up

“How can you be so stupid???” We were talking about doing evangelism, when David and Anna [names changed] explained to me how David came to faith in Jesus. They started dating while David was an unbeliever (don’t do that, folks, cf. 2 Cor 6:14). As the relationship progressed, Anna confronted David about his lack of

In the Sermon on the Mount the Lord Jesus Christ said that we should not lay up treasure on earth. Why not? Because “moths and rust destroys” earthly treasure and because “thieves break in and steal” it. I’ve been a bit of a gold bug going back to the mid 80s, when I was in