Coming Into the Promised Land: Egypt, Wilderness, and Inheritance
Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan pictures Christian growth, and the wilderness generation failed for want of faith in a promise already given.
Practical TheologyTheology, church history and apologetics.
Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan pictures Christian growth, and the wilderness generation failed for want of faith in a promise already given.
Practical TheologyRomans 8 does not promise believers an escape from suffering. It promises that suffering cannot accomplish the one thing they most fear.
RomansThe empty tomb is the historical foundation. Transformed lives are the continuing testimony that the One who left it is still alive.
Defending the ResurrectionSaving faith is not agreement with historical facts about Jesus. Scripture presents it as the result of God unveiling His Son to the heart.
SalvationPaul commands believers to put on Christ because they have already been clothed with Him. The imperative rests on a gift already given.
Practical TheologyPeter commands growth as the ordinary expectation of Christian life, not as an achievement reserved for a few unusually mature believers.
Practical TheologyEmpires, philosophies, and armies have all failed to reverse what happened in Eden. Scripture says the decisive victory was won on a cross.
SalvationEvery earthly allegiance is temporary. Scripture grounds the believer's deepest identity in union with the risen Christ, and nothing else.
Salvation