Asking about the minimal level of doctrinal knowledge a Christian must have is dangerous if one is trying to get out of believing the whole Bible. But if it is asked humbly, the answer is a sweet reminder that, as the old adage goes, the gospel is shallow enough for a child to wade in and deep enough for an adult to swim in.
Jesus commissions his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. That command necessitates focus on both peoples and also places.
Only the gospel of Christ can solve the problem of racism. Only the gospel can assure us that in Christ there is hope for reconciliation with God, and with one another.
Andrew Fuller is a voice from the past that is worthy of befriending.
The pattern for a husband’s headship is Christ’s headship over his bride — the church.
Many Christian leaders have been warning for some time that the issue of Christianity’s sexual ethic is going to be a dividing line — that it would be a Reformation-like moment that would lead to dividing denominations, tearing asunder friendships and unity in its wake. That is no longer speculative.
The next time you get frustrated with those biblical authors for making their stories so hard to understand, remember: God did it for a reason.
I believe Paul is describing his Christian experience in Romans 7:14-25. Here’s why.
Praise God that it pleased him to work through ordinary men like Luther and Calvin to unleash afresh an extraordinary gospel to work in all its grace-driven power in my life and in the lives of countless millions of other believers and pastors through the century.
Churches need to understand the ethical demands of the gospel, which means carefully triaging ethical essentials from non-essentials.
Throughout Acts, the Spirit works in believers to empower them for service.
The underlying idea in the symbolism of Pentecost was that if God was able to redeem his people from Egypt, then he would be able to provide for their lives too, just as he had promised.
Pastors must be men who know and love the gospel and who present it with clarity, love, joy, and expectation.
The genealogies challenge every Bible reader and every expositor, but they also yield the fruit of a greater grasp of the biblical narrative.
What this crucial text in Revelation has to say about hell and eternal punishment
