Who Is Jesus?
Scripture answers who Jesus is in one sentence: God was in Christ, true God and true man, held within the one God of the Shema.
TheologyChrist (christology)
Selected published articles.
Articles in this collection
The Office of Christ and the Office of the Spirit: A Necessary Distinction
A familiar diagnosis circulates whenever Christians speak of assurance. Believers grow anxious, the reasoning goes, because they confuse justification with sanctification, mistaking the...
TheologyThrough the Book of Hebrews: God's Final Word Through the Son (Lesson 1)
This is the first installment in our series, “Through the Book of Hebrews.” Over the coming weeks, we will walk verse by verse through this magnificent epistle, exploring the supremacy of...
Biblical studiesThe Father's Public Declaration of the Son
At the Transfiguration the Father did not make Christ His Son. He publicly presented the Son to whom all authority had been entrusted.
TheologyChrist: The Mystery of God Revealed
Every religion tries to answer what God is like. Christianity claims God has not merely spoken about Himself but has shown Himself in Christ.
TheologyGod Was in Christ Reconciling the World to Himself
Paul gathers the incarnation, the atonement, and the character of God into one sentence. The movement of the gospel runs downward, from God to us.
TheologyJesus Christ: The Fulfillment of the Redemptive Names of Jehovah
The covenant names of the Old Testament were never isolated revelations. Each disclosed a dimension of the one Redeemer who was still to come.
TheologyWorthy Is the Lamb: The Search That Found No One Else
Heaven, earth, and the realm of the dead were searched, and no one was found worthy. John's tears are the tears of the whole human race.
TheologyLove: The Greatest Conquering Power in Human History
Empires, philosophies, and armies have all failed to reverse what happened in Eden. Scripture says the decisive victory was won on a cross.
TheologyThe Fullness of God in Christ: The Incarnation and Our Redemption
Paul says the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Christ. That claim is not decorative. It is what makes redemption possible at all.
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