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Decoding Nicea
There are a lot of opinions and rumors about Constantine, the Council of Nicea, and the events of the fourth century that changed Christianity to Christendom. Not only will you get the incredible story, with all its twists, plots, and intrigues, but you will find out how history is done and never wonder what is true again.-
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Category Archives: Teachings that must not be lost
The Salvation Evangelicals Forgot: Paul’s Missing Category.
One of the biggest problems with evangelical (Reformation-based) theology is that no one considers whether “saved” or “salvation” can mean more than one thing. This despite the fact that the apostle Paul wrote: Much more then, being now justified by … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Holiness, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged fear of God, future salvation, judgment by works, mercy of God, New Testament theology, Rebuilding the Foundations, Romans 5:9-10, saved from wrath
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Psalm 38: What Is Righteousness and How Merciful Is God?
Caught again, your faithless friend. Don’t you ever tire of hearing what a fool I’ve been? (“Stubborn Love” by Kathy Troccoli) King David wrote Psalm 38. It seems like it has to be about the Bathsheba incident because he is … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Bible, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Evangelicals, Gospel, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost, Verses Evangelicals Ignore
Tagged atonement, blood of jesus, day of atonement, doing righteuosness, heavenly temple, mercy of God, patiently continuing to do good, Throne of Favor, who is the righteous man
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Understanding the Trinity: How Proverbs 8:22-31 Harmonizes Scripture and Personalizes Creation
Scripture quotes today are from the ESV, which was an accident. Usually I use the World English Bible because it is not copyrighted. Lately, though I have been reading the ESV, and I forgot to switch my Bible app back … Continue reading
Posted in Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Early Christianity, History, Modern Doctrines, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged begotten before the beginning, Colossians 1:15, eternally begotten, firstborn over all creation, God and matter, John 1:1-3, monogenes, only-begotten, Proverbs 8:22-31, Trinity, undivided substance of God
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Isaiah 35: The Atonement as Conquest
The reference in my Bible at Matthew 11:4-5 … Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, Christus Victor, early church fathers, interpreting the Law and Prophets, Isaiah 35, Old Testament prophecy, physical and spiritual healing in the Gospel, prophecies about the New Covenant, salvation and deliverance
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What Is Grace?
Someone wrote me asking about things I have written about grace. Here was my response: 1. The theory of living out “grace.” First, grace is a made up word. The Greek word charis (pronounced Ka-rees) sounds like grace. “Grace” is a … Continue reading
Peter Wanted to Constantly Remind Us That Good Works Will Make Your Calling and Election Sure
Tiny but critically important post today. After all, if Peter wanted to continually remind us about these things and Paul warned us not to be deceived about the same things, then these things must be extremely important. So I wrote … Continue reading
Posted in atonement, Dealing with Scripture Honestly, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged 2 Peter 3:9, be diligent to do theses things, Christus Victor, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, deliverance from sin, Ephesians 2:1-10, eternal life is a reward for good works, Ezekiel 18:21-23, God desires the repentance of the wicked, God does not desire the death of the wicked, God does not want the wicked to perish, God's wrath is satisfied by righteousness, I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, make your calling and election sure, ransom theory of the atonement, The atonement was a rescue
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Penal Substitution and Jesus as a Sin Offering: An Ancient Perspective
This is the completion of a post I wrote on March 5 addressing Christus Victor and Jesus’ ransoming us. My exposition from the Scriptures on the atonement can never be the final word. The death and resurrection of Jesus is … Continue reading
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Tagged advocate with the father, atonement, comforter, Don't be deceived, Ephesians 5:5-7, God is not mocked, God's justice and mercy, Hebrews 4:16, hilasmos, how to satisfy God's wrath, i desire mercy and not sacrifice, Isaiah 1:1-20, mercy, parakletos, penal substitutionary atonement, to obey is better than sacrifice
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Christus Victor: Atonement by Ransom and Offering
Rather than make this post 6,000 words long, I separated the section on Jesus death as an offering and made it a second post. I am going to consolidate them into a booklet, so please hammer me in the comments … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Early Christianity, Modern Doctrines, Rebuilding the Foundations, Teachings that must not be lost
Tagged atonement, Christus Victor, cleansing the heavenly temple, day of atonement, God cannot forgive sin without sacrifice, i desire mercy and not sacrifice, penal substitutionary atonement, ransom theory of the atonement, to obey is better than sacrifice
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A History of the Church Focused on the Parts That Interest You; Part 1: The inspired traditions of the apostles.
My wife suggested I write a church history so that she can read it. I am going to do that bit by bit on this blog … I hope. (Part 2, Part 3) I should point out that I am … Continue reading
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