the law legalism

How to Use the Law

Teaching in higher education for ten years taught me that you cannot assume people will do what’s obviously right, and they will not admit to understanding what is obviously wrong. When people are left without marked boundaries to exercise their own free will, they will defy their own conscience, ignore any sense of right and…

sin no more

“Go and Sin No More”

Thus, Jesus spoke to a woman caught in the act of adultery. Her accusers wanted to corner Jesus with this woman who had been so accused. This is recorded in John 8:1-11.  Through His ministry, Jesus put the leadership of Israel on notice concerning the righteous mercy of God and their own unrighteousness. Consider these…

Faith Equals Salvation

Faith Equals Salvation

Four times, the Bible declares, “The just shall live by faith.”  Paul famously wrote to the Ephesians, “For by grace you have been saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8).  To the Romans, he stated, “we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand” (Romans 5:2).  Faith, then, is the door into the halls…

The power of the gospel is on display in the profound ways it changed polytheistic societies, transforming sinners into saints.

The Power of the Gospel

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek (Romans 1: 16).  The word power, as used in our text, is from the Greek word “dunamis”, and is used in the sense…