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Atonement

There’s a phrase I heard thirty years ago that I like to use: Those who know all the answers haven’t heard all the questions. It’s a good one to remember when it comes to things we take for granted, sometimes for our entire lives, until someone else brings it up.
And there isn’t anything about Christian [...]

Death, Life, Water, Fire

I sometimes read articles at Grace Thru Faith, mostly about prophecy. I consider Jack Kelley one of the better prophecy teachers, though I strongly disagree with him on some other matters. But today’s post made a most intriguing observation:

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will [...]

Still Selling Fire Insurance?

I came across this article today and would encourage you to read it. It highlights the consequences not only of using fear to make the gospel bad news instead of good news, but also the churches’ use of thought control methods that would make a Communist dictator proud. And I felt especially moved to post [...]

Red-Letter Christians

I came across an article today by Jan Markell called “Red-Letter Christians: Neo-Marxism in the Church?“. Interesting timing, since the last few days I’ve read so much about the evil “Christian Right”. Now don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of evil in the “Christian Right”. But this hardly means there is less evil in [...]

Of Chickens and Eggs

An age-old question is, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” It gets used for a wide variety of situations, but today I’d like to apply it to a particular verse mentioned in the last post: Rom. 5:12—
through this even-as through one human the sin into the world entered and through the sin the [...]

The Widow’s Mite and the Atonement

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; [...]