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When you stop to think eternity is at stake, do you ever question if you are really a Christian?
Kevin DeYoung with wise counsel regarding assurance of salvation. Whenever counseling Christians looking for assurance of salvation, I take them to 1 John. This brief epistle is full of help for determining whether we are in the faith or not.…
Doug Moo on the definition of justification
The Bible pictures all human beings as defendants in a courtroom: a courtroom in which God is the judge and our sins constitute the evidence against us. The judge weighs the evidence and finds every single one of us guilty…
Key Words for Today’s Sermon
Today, D.V., I will be preaching on what some theologians argue is the greatest paragraph ever written (see this post on who suggests it’s the greatest passage ever). Here is some of the day’s vocabulary: Atonement – The work of…
“A good deal depends upon our conception of the place and nature of the wrath of God”
Leon Morris: A good deal depends upon our conception of the place and nature of the wrath of God. If this is regarded as a very real factor so that the sinner is exposed to its severity, then the removal…
Lloyd-Jones on the greatest danger to the soul
Can you imagine, realizing on judgment day, that you were mistaken about your salvation and now all that waits is eternal torment without a second chance (Matthew 7:21-23)? I’ve talked more than once to our people about what scares me…
Can a Christian lose his or her salvation?
Piper speaks to the question of whether or not a believer can be lost in in a Q&A at Angola prison. This is a maximum security prison where a work of the Spirit is taking place. HT: Denny Burk
Does God hate Haiti?
Al Mohler: The images streaming in from Haiti look like scenes from Dante’s Inferno. The scale of the calamity is unprecedented. In many ways, Haiti has almost ceased to exist. The earthquake that will forever change that nation came as…
Gospel Definitions
Trevin Wax is building a collection of Gospel definitions. See here. This will be a valuable resource for our Romans Project at church given the centrality of the Gospel in Romans. I gave a summary of the Gospel here. For…
“Eternal Security” is often the right answer to the wrong question.
If the question is, “Can I lose my salvation?" The answer is “no.” (John 10:27-28). But, often this is the wrong question. Rather, the question should be, “Was I ever really saved in the first place?” (1 John 2:3-4).