Approaching the Lord Biblically
Earlier, I was talking with my brother, Stephen (who is in Baghdad right now with the Army) on instant messenger. We were talking about the Gospel and how we must be constantly fighting to center every...
View ArticleSpurgeon on Universal Atonement, John Wesley, and George Whitefield
Some persons love the doctrine of universal atonement because they say, “It is so beautiful. It is a lovely idea that Christ should have died for all men; it commends itself,” they say, “to the...
View ArticleA Beautiful Picture of Justification
“Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. And the Lord said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord...
View ArticleCursed is Everyone Who is Hanged on a Tree
“And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a...
View ArticleJesus Staring into the Abyss of Wrath
“And he said to them, ‘My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.’ And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from...
View ArticleQuestion From a Friend on Hell and What Christ Underwent at the Cross
Hey David! I have a theological question for you that has sprung from a few discussions I’ve had with a friend if you have some time. The question is whether or not Jesus went to hell when he suffered...
View ArticleSecular Mind Sacrilege
If your overarching (or inadvertent) goal is to be liked by the world as a believer, you will inevitably have to pare off the rough edges of truth, as Spurgeon called it, and do massive editing to make...
View ArticleThe Antipathy at the Root of Theological Liberalism Doesn’t Fall Far From the...
Penal substitution is under fire, has been for quite some time. But not just from the PCUSA. HT @Mheerema. The Alabama Baptist (Bob Terry): “Why Disagree About the Words of a Hymn?”...
View ArticleResources for this Good Friday
The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son: http://www.desiringgod.org/sermons/the-pleasure-of-god-in-bruising-the-son Pierced for our Transgressions:...
View ArticleWhy Christ Was Crucified – John Calvin, Institutes II.XVI.VI
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.iv.xvii.html The very form of the death embodies a striking truth. The cross was cursed not only in the opinion of men, but by the enactment of the Divine...
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