Category Archives: Rebuilding the Foundations

Good People Go To Heaven; Bad People Perish

Posted on 10/23/2019 by

As an evangelical, I was taught that good people do not go to heaven; saved people do. Now that Jesus died, it is all about faith. Saved people go to heaven, no matter what they do, and people who do … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the (Penal?) Substitutionary Atonement

Posted on 06/15/2019 by

This is an email I sent to someone who wrote to me (from the Netherlands!). I have edited it to make it clearer, so you are getting a better version than he did. I would love to discuss the atonement! … Continue reading →

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Access to Grace: Romans 5:1-2

Posted on 04/25/2019 by

There is a lot you can get from God by faith. If you have the right kind of faith, you could tell a tree to get up and replant itself somewhere else (Luke 17:6). The greatest thing you can get … Continue reading →

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“Global” Passages of Scripture

Posted on 03/23/2019 by

My wife reminded me about passages I call “global passages.” They cover the entire Christian life from conversion to the final judgment in just a few verses. I only have two right now. Romans 7:24 to 8:13 This passage is … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the Foundations: The Cross, the Resurrection, and the Foundation.

Posted on 11/26/2018 by

To be sure, the cross of Jesus Christ was an amazing place. I cannot do justice to its importance or to the unfathomable spiritual battle that happened there. The cross released us from all that had held us in bondage. … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the Foundations: What is the Gospel?

Posted on 11/20/2018 by

Some writers struggle with writer’s block. My problem is having too many things to write about! I have to finish Rome’s Audacious Claim. That is a priority.  The draft in 90% done, but there will be a lot of editing and … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding the Foundations: The Just Judgment of God

Posted on 07/11/2018 by

“ButterintheField,” whose comments have occasionally led me to create a post, has reminded me in a comment that I had better finish up at least one part of the Rebuilding the Foundations series. I stopped doing this project on the … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Do Anything Without Jesus

Posted on 06/15/2018 by

I hope at least a couple of you are wondering why I haven’t posted in a couple weeks. If you are one of those two people, lol, here is why. My attempt to expand last year’s “Rebuilding the Foundation” series … Continue reading →

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The Rebuilding the Foundations System Spelled Out by the Apostle Peter

Posted on 05/30/2018 by

I am keenly aware of how hard it is for human beings to shift core belief systems. As a friend said recently, it is hard even to consider the idea that works have anything to do with eternal life. Of … Continue reading →

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Good Works, Immortality, and So Much More!

Posted on 05/18/2018 by

In the last post we saw that Jesus came to make it possible to do good works and thus inherit eternal life. This is not all Jesus came to do. God’s plan turns out to be much, much greater than … Continue reading →

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