Remission (2)
Remission is granted when we through the application of faith, put on Christ. We put on Christ when we are buried with him in baptism – immersion in water, which is our appeal of conscience in obedience before God …
Remission
How many answers have been given to the simple question: What is forgiveness of sins? One has said it is the good feeling you receive when accepting Christ. It is the love in your soul when you come to …
An alternate view of history
Historians link the beginning of religion to the “discovery” of writing, espousing some coincidental issue to have existed between the events. The two also go together like cherries and cream to historical anthropologists. This is all to explain why religion …
Mysteries of Christianity Revealed
There was program on the History Channel recently with the above title. It wasn’t at all about things mysterious in Christianity so much as it was about things unknown due to lack of knowledge or of paying attention. But then …
Demolition Specialists
For although we are walking in the flesh, we do not wage war in a fleshly way, since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and …
Testimony (3)
In the course of the narrative in Gospel of Luke there are several natural divisions. One of these is found in chapter nine. By this point the multitude had looked with wonder and awe upon the mighty works of Jesus …
Testimony (2)
The Apostle Paul penned the following in the opening of his letter to the Christians of Galatia:
I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ, [and are turning] …
Testimony
Religion, as with any form of inquiry, ought to be based upon facts. While that statement may to some seem contradictory, it is nonetheless true. In order to be credible any pursuit should be built on a foundation of truth …
Realm of the Flesh (NIV 2011)
There are three places in the 2011 NIV where the translation changed from “sinful nature” to “realm of the flesh.” Those three places are Romans 7:5; 8:8; 8:9. When studying Romans 7 and 8 the student will notice that there …
2011 NIV Update
The 2011 NIV text update has been released electronically along with the translators’ notes about some of the changes that will be found in this update. I hope to make some comments about the update as time permits over the …