Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.

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In spite of the pain, Sasse exudes a peace from above that is quite literally impossible to explain apart from the assurance he has in Christ.
Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
MacArthur’s courage to speak Scripture’s truth, no matter the audience, should be commended.
God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.
As both law and gospel are proclaimed, judgment and deliverance are miraculously pronounced over the hearer.
Success is emphatically not your primary identity.
Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling
Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
The nefarious thing about idolatry is that just about anything can become your idol: career, family, fame, wealth, status, spouse, you name it, any good thing can become a ‘god-thing” with ease. 
The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
What we are asked to believe as we ponder the birth of this child is that in his coming, a new creation has dawned.