The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
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07/23/26
Sinners get faith as a gift when Christ takes their captivity captive.
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09/19/25
God leads us to green pastures. He comforts us with his grace in our darkest valleys.
09/18/25
Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.
09/12/25
Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
09/08/25
When your child asks about what we believe, and why we believe it…answer.
09/04/25
Treweek points us to the happy ending to come in eternity, when the entire church will be married to her Redeemer.
08/27/25
Here is the true story, the one worth remembering: You are a gift.
08/20/25
Children are not meant to carry crowns. They are not meant to rule. The burden crushes them in slow, invisible ways.
08/15/25
Tetzel peddled righteousness for gold, but God gives it freely through faith in his promised Word, the person and work of Jesus Christ.
08/12/25
Protestants, in my view, don’t suffer from a Goldilocks problem. They have an arrogance problem.
08/11/25
We need redemption, and we receive it in our church community through God’s Word.
08/04/25
Why reflect on these three men — MacArthur, Ozzy, and Hulk Hogan — in the same breath?
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07/30/25
The Solas are not just doctrinal statements. They are the grammar of Christian comfort.
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