Jimmy Scroggins

Sinners Beneath That Flood

The road ahead: challenges gospel ministers can expect

  Writing to Timothy, the apostle Paul looks back on his ministry and declares satisfaction that he had finished his course. Paul would be the first to insist that his entire ministry was evidence of the grace and mercy of God, but he was assured that, by grace, he had finished his race. Paul’s statement…

Like Columns of Smoke from the Wilderness

Why the Great Commission Isn’t Just for Missionaries

As the victorious and triumphant Lord, Christ sends his people out into the world. It is under the marching orders of King Jesus that we, as his ambassadors, take the gospel to the nations.

How to care about social justice (without losing the gospel)

We need to stop pretending that Jesus does not call his churches to act on behalf of the poor, the sojourner, the fatherless, the vulnerable, the hungry, the sex-trafficked, the unborn.

Don’t Be Surprised When You Suffer for Christ, but Rejoice!

3 questions with Keith Getty

  What are your goals as an artist and hymn writer? I’ve spent my life with twin goals. One is to try and let the word of Christ dwell richly when people meet together and sing. What we sing is as important, if not more important than, what we speak. And secondly, to try and…

The Narrow and Wide Gates

Demythologizing the Uncle Tom myth and the N-word

EDITOR’S NOTE: In honor of Black History Month, Jarvis J. Williams, associate professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary and author of several books, including One New Man: The Cross and Racial Reconciliation in Pauline Theology, writes about the ongoing problem of racist speech in America.   Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated much of…

Table of Contents (Fall 2012)

Editorial: Reading Luke’s Passion Narrative in Light of the Whole Story

Receiving Jesus as Messiah King: A Synoptic Study on the Way to Luke’s Triumphal Entry Account

Jesus, the Destruction of Jerusalem, and the Coming of the Son of Man in Luke 21:5-38