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10 mins read|02/05/20This is our frontier religion: God is waiting to shower blessings upon us if only we will unlock those blessings with the right kind of works, and a sufficient quantity of the same.
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19 mins read|02/03/20Neither the disciples nor Paul expected a resurrected Messiah, so something has to account for their dramatic transition from faithless to fearless in the days/years following Jesus’ crucifixion.
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10 mins read|01/27/20Pelagius maintained an orthodox appearance while rejecting original sin and the distinction between law and gospel.
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11 mins read|12/09/19The Holy Spirit is fixated on Jesus and it is the Spirit’s mission to bring us to faith in Him for He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him.
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13 mins read|12/02/19Under the lordship of the crucified and risen Emmanuel, our existence is one of blessedness. Blessedness means we are not under the condemnation of the Law, but the benediction of God’s favor here in time and, hereafter, in eternity.
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11 mins read|11/29/19Instead of defining the true church in the way of the law, Augustine approaches the issue pastorally in the way of the gospel.
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12 mins read|11/26/19When I hear people describe the god they don’t believe in, no longer believe in, or can’t bring themselves to believe in, I often nod in agreement. Yes, as a follower of Jesus, I do not and would not believe in that god either.
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10 mins read|11/25/19Advent draws us to the Lord who comes. We might even say that Advent really does begin in creation as the Father through His Eternal Word breathes His Spirit over the depths of darkness and calls into existence that the culmination of things that are not.
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16 mins read|11/18/19Professor John T. Pless has organized an incredible Advent series on the Apostles' Creed for you! Included here are texts, themes, and an order of service for your midweek Advent services.
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14 mins read|11/11/19Understanding the doctrine of the hypostatic union can help us understand what God is up to in the Incarnation.
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11 mins read|11/11/19How do I know the expectations of every Marine even though I am not able to cite specific orders from Marine Corps handbooks? The Rifleman’s Creed tells me.
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9 mins read|11/11/19Jesus offer us this vision of violence not so we might be drawn into it but so we might be drawn through it to come closer to Him.
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