From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Introduction: Paul’s Grief for Israel (9:1-5) 9:1-2. Paul strongly asserts that he is telling the truth about his concern for the spiritual state of Israel. He forcefully adds, I am not lying, and my conscience bears witness with me in the Holy Spirit. Paul’s

By Dix Winston Have you seen the Discover Card “No” commercial? It features Alicia Silverstone, Jack Black, John Candy, Mike Myers, and Matthew Perry screaming “No!” It promotes the Discover Card having no annual fee. Why is it such a successful commercial? Could it be in today’s culture the word no is rarely heard, especially

By Peter Darvoz Hating People Whom God Loves The only good Muslim is a dead one!” I was talking to a friend I met in college. Now, more than a decade later, he had become a successful businessman and was active in the local government of a thriving east Texas city. I was shocked by

By Shawn Willson The Cost of Cheap Grace: Reclaiming the Value of Discipleship. By Bill Hull and Brandon Cook. Colorado Springs, CO:Navpress, 2019. 256 pp. Paper, $17.99. I’ve read a lot of books on discipleship, and The Cost of Cheap Grace: Reclaiming the Value of Discipleship, by Bill Hull and Brandon Cook, was one that

By Summer Stevens I love to garden. At least, I love the idea of gardening. I love it when the long-awaited Baker Creek Seed catalog arrives in the mail, and I settle down on a cozy chair, dog-earing pages for exotic carrots and cauliflower that looks like broccoli. When it’s gray and dreary in the

By Shawn Lazar Here is the eminently readable William Barclay describing how the Lord’s Supper was originally celebrated: It is not in doubt that the Lord’s Supper began as a family meal or a meal of friends in a private house…It was like the Jewish Passover which is a family festival and at which the

By Bob Wilkin The Reformers argued that the message of Rome would not save. Most Protestants argued that way until the middle of the twentieth century. Billy Graham started putting Roman Catholics on the podium with him. The result was that around 1955 Fundamentalists rejected the message and ministry of Billy Graham. Even though Evangelicals

By Ken Yates The word “son” occurs 12 times in the Book of Romans (1:3, 4, 9; 5:10; 8:3, 14, 19, 29, 32; 9:9, 26, 27). Seven of those times it refers to Jesus as the Son of God. Once it refers to Isaac as the son of Abraham. Once it refers to the Jews

By Allen Rea Is the President in Charge? Tragedy and disappointment can reveal how Biblically grounded we are. We must both think Biblically and live Biblically. Many people were disappointed when President Trump was not reelected. They prayed and voted and prayed some more. Still, by the time you read this, Biden will be President