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Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) on his death bed said, “The good God will forgive me, that’s his job.” This cheap understanding of forgiveness flies in the face of the holiness of God and the cost of the atonement. The essence of the cross being ‘self-satisfaction by...
THE SECOND COMING (Revelation 22)
A common American Southern farewell is “Y’all come back and see us, you hear!”. It is an invitation to return and visit. But it is not expected that you will. The sentiment expressed is that we enjoyed your visit, and you are always welcome, but we realize that it is...
THE REALITY OF HUMAN NATURE
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the 18th century philosopher championed the view that man is born free and yet everywhere is in chains, that human beings are born innocent and sinless and inherently good but are later corrupted by civilization. His view influences many who...
A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH
(John Martin, The Plains of Heaven) Is your body as good as new? Of course it isn’t. After turning thirty our bodies begin to deteriorate. If only I could recover the strength and agility of pain-free knees! I can remember the days of running track and playing...
WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?
There is a tendency for different churches to emphasize one person of the Holy Trinity to the neglect of the others, e.g. some churches tend to emphasize God as Father, some churches tend to emphasize God as the Son, and some churches tend to emphasize God as the Holy...
THE LAST JUDGMENT
“John’s vision of the Last Judgment in Revelation 20:11-15 is one of awesome and sobering impressiveness. He sees a great white throne. All the dead, without respect of persons, are brought before the judgment seat of God. “The great and the small,” that is, those who...
WHO IS JESUS?
What is your definition of Christianity? It has to do with Jesus Christ: who he was and is and has done for the salvation of the world. What is a Christian? Someone who believes in and follows Jesus as his disciple. “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through...
THE DEFEAT OF EVIL
J.R. Tolkien’s famous children’s book, The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, who travels to the Lonely Mountain, accompanied by a vigorous group of Dwarves, to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. Bilbo is swept into the quest of reclaiming...
TAKING GOD SERIOUSLY
I have begun to teach a class on Christian beliefs and practice using my book on the summary of John Stott’s teaching. Thirty-eight of us gathered together and discussed the following questions arising from the first chapter on God. First of all, we discussed how the...
REASONS FOR HALLELUJAH
"After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: ‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for just and true are his judgments’ … Then a voice came from the throne, saying: ‘Praise our God, all you his...
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