What is the Gospel? Most know it as the “Good News.” “Good News” about what? That’s what we’re going to explore and how this “Good News” is seen throughout Scripture. (Also see the article “The Gospel“).
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The Five Solas of the Reformation: Grace Alone
Sola Gratia (grace alone) and Sola Fide (faith alone) go very hand in hand in this topic, yet however, they are not the same and deserve their own space. Who has the ability to say that someone is declared righteous in God’s sight? Who has the right and authority to …
Read More »The Five Solas of the Reformation: Scripture Alone
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing …
Read More »Video: Being Satisfied in God…
Christians are called to be satisfied in God. What does that mean? What does it look like? This would be the follow-up message to the prior week’s message titled: “When God doesn’t answer prayers…” Recorded on 10/16/2022 at Blanchester First Church of God.
Read More »The Five Solas of the Reformation: Introduction
The Reformation movement within the Church took place on October 31st, 1517 when Martin Luther, a German monk, nailed his Ninety-five Thesis to the door of the church in Whittenburg. This sounded very climactic and has been dramatized a lot, but more than likely this wasn’t the case. Historically, they …
Read More »Video: When God doesn’t answer prayers…
In this message, we’ll explore why God doesn’t answer prayers at times. We know that God does answer prayer at times and other times does not. But why? Watch as we explore Biblical texts that show us why God acts as He does.
Read More »Purpose and Central Theme of Romans Part 2 of 2
This was a paper written for Belhaven University for the course on the New Testament: Paul and His Letters. The paper’s objective was to discuss the purpose and central theme of the Book of Romans as seen throughout the book while only using Thomas Schreiner’s book Handbook on Acts and …
Read More »Purpose and Central Theme of Romans Part 1 of 2
This was a paper written for Belhaven University for the course on the New Testament: Paul and His Letters. The paper’s objective was to discuss the purpose and central theme of the Book of Romans as seen throughout the book while only using Thomas Schreiner’s book Handbook on Acts and …
Read More »Faith is not Blind
Faith is such a commonplace word in the Christian realm and very misunderstood. On top of that, many Christians advocate for “blind faith” which is to follow something you can’t really know- just take the “leap of faith” as some would say. I would say Scripture does not lend itself …
Read More »Why was God so Violent in the Old Testament? Part 3 of 3
So far, we have looked at God’s wrath as not just set in the Old Testament but is actually in fact throughout Scripture (Part 1). In the last part, we looked at what the purpose of God is that is seen throughout Scripture. In this final part, we’re going to …
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