TOPIC INDEXLaw and Gospel (10)

  1. Be the Church - Law or Gospel?

    book
    03/07/24
    16 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    We can interpret "be the Church" as either law or gospel.

  2. Legalism - The Elephant in the Room

    book
    02/19/24
    15 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.

  3. My Favorite Book in the Bible

    book
    02/28/23
    14 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    If you interpret James, as most do, as an encouragement toward proving your faith by your works and then say it is your "favorite" then you are proclaiming that your favorite thing about the Christian faith is the practical outworking, the proving your faith by your works.

  4. I Believe in the Forgiveness of Sins

    book
    01/16/23
    15 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.

  5. Friends in Low Places

    book
    11/17/22
    10 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.

  6. Freedom In Death

    book
    06/17/20
    15 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    When the old Adam hears a command, he hears a prescription. Like a coach drawing up a play so you can win the game.

  7. God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle

    book
    02/27/20
    10 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    What the law is powerless to do, Jesus accomplishes for us. Jesus delivers what the law demands.

  8. You Aren’t Jesus and You Don’t Need to Be

    book
    01/28/20
    11 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    The gospel is the good news that in Christ we have been given the very righteousness of Christ himself. This means that everything God commands of us is given to us in Christ as a gift.

  9. The Gospel of the Unabomber

    book
    10/23/19
    8 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    It is incumbent upon the faithful preacher, looking to see sinners transformed into the image of Christ, to preach a naked gospel.

  10. Sanctified By Faith

    book
    02/28/18
    8 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    As sinful humans, we are adept at taking what God gives as gift and making it into a work. Nowhere is this made more evident than in the universally misunderstood doctrine of sanctification.