Every human is born with the same problem—spiritual death. You can dispute it or deny it, but the apostle Paul says all of us—even himself—are spiritually dead apart from Christ. “We all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath.” That’s a pretty dismal diagnosis. Read More

We learn about what is true by studying the Bible. If we want to know God, we must study Scripture. We cannot have good theology, keep a pure gospel, or live God-honoring lives without submitting ourselves to the true Word. The Bible shows us things as they actually are, because God sees things as they are. To truly know God, we must understand His Word—the Word of Truth. Read More

The Bible is not man’s work; it is from God. He wrote it. He exhaled it. It is not just another book to collect dust on the shelf. It is categorically distinct, a level above every other book written since it is the only one written by God. When we read the Bible we hear directly from the Lord of the universe! We see His great work through history and His magnificent grace given in the gospel. Read More

The glorious dichotomy presented in Hebrews is that Christ is both the priest (the one who offers) and the atonement (the One offered, the perfect sacrifice to pay for sin). He goes to God to plead our case, and He gives His life—bearing God’s wrath—to secure our freedom. The Old Testament priests always came up short because they never had an offering good enough to pay for sin.2 Christ, in contrast, does. He is a priest beyond all others because He truly, finally, paid for sin. He is the perfect priest. Read More

Jesus is the epicenter of Scripture—the source of it all and the point of it all. He said, “The Scriptures...bear witness about me.”5 Logos reminds us that Jesus is the fullness of the Word of God—the divine Word in human flesh. Read More

We live in an age in conflict over origins—the origins of morality, of truth, and of our world. The third controversy specifically houses an entire spectrum of beliefs and perspectives. While orthodox Christians believe that God created our world in a literal week, modern scientists promote evolutionary theory. They claim that God isn’t a necessary part of our origin, arguing instead for a natural process of development in which our world came about through a long staircase of improvements. Read More

Karpos, the original Greek word which is here translated “fruit,” is the simple fruit of trees and plants. It grows according to the nature of the tree or plant, never contrary to it. You won’t find a cherry growing on a peach tree; trees grow fruit according to their nature. Jesus makes it clear in Luke 6 that our actions reveal the true state of our hearts. He says, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Read More

Sabbatismos is a salvation rest. It reminds us of the sweet freedom that is ours in the gospel. We rest in our Father’s love, reconciled through Christ, freed to live to His glory alone. “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest.” Read More