The death of Jesus is first and foremost an atonement for the sins of his people. But the death of Jesus also serves as the supreme example of sacrificial love that each of us must follow.
The death of Jesus is first and foremost an atonement for the sins of his people. But the death of Jesus also serves as the supreme example of sacrificial love that each of us must follow.
Did you know that Adam and Eve in some ways are the original Romeo and Juliet? When a culture departs from God, romanticism almost always is selected as the alternative obsession. In this clip Pastor Joel reveals the serious danger of this reality.
When a Christian leader falls, many others fall with him. Satan cannot cause Christ to fall, but Satan can cause men who represent Christ to fall.
God does not merely provide future hope. God also provides present help in time of need.
Are there two tracks for salvation, one for Israel and another for the Gentiles? Did God replace Israel and cut them out of his covenant forever? Or does God have an eternal plan which includes a “partial hardening” of Israel for a time, but the ultimate “grafting” of both Jews and Gentiles into the same salvific root?
The Christian life is a life of perpetual and continual training for godliness. The moment that we stop is the moment that we begin to decline.