Reasons to believe in Jesus Christ
There is a peculiar mercy and a peculiar terror bound up together in the doctrine of human free will. Scripture presents choice not as a neutral faculty but as the very stage upon which the soul’s eternal destiny is enacted. Two passages—John 3:14-21 and Romans 1:18-31—stand as bookends to this truth: one revealing the mercy…
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The Preeminence of Christ: He Is Before All Things, and In Him All Things Hold Together Friend, before we say anything else, let me say this: whatever brought you to read these words today—curiosity, weariness, hunger, guilt, grief—you have come to the right subject. Not because I have anything to offer you, but because Jesus…
How Can a Guilty Person be Made Right with God? If God is holy, if sin is real, and if judgment is coming, then one question presses itself upon us with great force: How can a guilty person be made right with God? Many people answer that question instinctively and confidently: Try harder. Do better….
Judgment is Real, Personal, Unavoidable, and Righteous If God is holy, and if sin is real, then judgment is not an embarrassing doctrine to avoid. It is the necessary conclusion. A world filled with evil, cruelty, lies, oppression, abuse, pride, lust, greed, and rebellion cannot be morally meaningful unless there is a Judge who sees…
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way.” — Isaiah 53:6 “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.” — 1 John 3:4 If Parts 1–3 have shown us that truth is real, that God is holy and truly there, and that human beings…
Most people don’t want to think about hell. Jesus didn’t enjoy talking about it either—but he did, often, and with sobering clarity. Not because he liked scaring people, but because he loved them enough to tell them the truth. This is a direct, serious warning—rooted in what Jesus himself said—aimed especially at anyone who is…
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“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” — Romans 3:23 Many people are willing to hear the good news of the gospel, but far fewer are willing to face the bad news that makes the good news necessary. Scripture is clear: God’s standard is not “try harder,” “be sincere,” or…
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How Israel’s Throne and God’s Word Point to Jesus By now in this series we’ve seen: In this fourth part, we come to two of the most visible features of Old Testament life: kings and prophets. God gives Israel kings to rule and prophets to speak His word. But as the story unfolds, one thing…
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Shadows of a Greater Reality We’ve seen God’s rescue plan begin with creation, then the catastrophe of sin, and then His promise to Abraham to bless all nations through his offspring. That promise grows into a people—Israel—rescued from Egypt and brought to God at Mount Sinai. Now the question becomes unavoidable: How can a holy…
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How the Bible’s Story Begins and Why Creation and the Fall of Man Matter to Us Today When you open a Bible, you aren’t just stepping into an old religious book—you’re stepping into a story. And like every story, it begins by introducing the main characters, the setting, and the big problem that drives everything…
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