A common objection to God is the violence we see in the Old Testament. Many think the God of the Old Testament and the God revealed in Christ are different. They say the former was a moral monster, a ...  Read More

For most of my young life, I treated God like a genie. Even into my adult years, God seemed far off and unconcerned with my everyday life. Eventually, enough pain and bad circumstances led me to start...  Read More

Perhaps the single most misunderstood verse in the New Testament is 1 John 1:9. This verse has caused centuries of believers to doubt whether they were really forgiven. Even though there are dozens of...  Read More

A new building campaign or end of the year giving or just weekly guilt. Give, give, give. And oh yeah, it better be at least “ten percent” because the Bible says, right? Wrong. In the Old Testament, t...  Read More

Suicide is not the unforgivable sin, nor is suicide the sin that leads to death. The sin leading to death (the unforgivable sin) is the rejection of the gospel and the rejection of Jesus Christ as Lor...  Read More

Love keeps no record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:5). This means God is not up in heaven writing down everything you do wrong. God is living in your heart, reminding you of everything He did right for ...  Read More

When I thought I could lose my salvation and status with Jesus, it caused me to sin more, not less. When I thought Jesus was mad at me and never pleased with me, it caused me to rebel against God, not...  Read More

One of the most debated topics in Christianity is whether or not believers can lose their salvation. I’m going to make the case based on the overwhelming biblical evidence, that believers cannot lose ...  Read More

This verse and the verses in context, is directed to nonbelievers as a salvation verse, and not meant to be a passage for daily cleansing or discipleship. This is why rightly dividing the word of God ...  Read More

To say the cross is enough and the cross worked is not to diminish or neglect the resurrection and ascension of Christ. When Paul said that he preached Christ and him crucified, he implied that he als...  Read More

In order for Christ to unite himself with us. He had to replace us. He crucified our old self so that we could be a new self that is now holy and blameless. The holiness of God means he cannot unite h...  Read More

In Bible terms, we did nothing to become a sinner. We were born that way. It’s who we were by nature. In the same way, we did nothing to become a saint. We were re-born that way. It’s now who we are b...  Read More