by Jonathan | Feb 23, 2011 | Blog
From the new Tim Keller book King’s Cross You see, different views of God have different implications. If there’s no God—if we are here by blind chance, strictly as a result of natural selection—then what you and I call love is just a chemical condition of the...
by Jonathan | Feb 21, 2011 | Blog
If you have visited this site or my blog before, you probably don’t recognize this page right now. I decided to change the layout and merge the two sites into this one. Hopefully this will lead to more interaction and more blogging from me. The holidays really...
by Jonathan | Dec 2, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #15 – To Make Us Holy, Blameless, and Perfect One of the greatest sources of joy and endurance for the Christian is knowing that in the imperfection of our progress we have already been perfected—and that this is owing to the suffering and death of...
by Jonathan | Nov 29, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #14 – To Bring Us to Faith and Keep Us Faithful In the Bible the covenants God makes with man are initiated by himself. He sets the terms. His obligations are determined by his own purposes. When Christ died, he secured for his people not only new hearts...
by Jonathan | Nov 20, 2010 | Blog
Due to Thanksgiving break, I will resume posting next weekend. Happy Thanksgiving.
by Jonathan | Nov 18, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason # 13 – To Abolish Circumcision and All the Rituals as the Basis of Salvation The very meaning of the suffering and death of Christ was at stake. Was faith in Christ enough to put us right with God? Or was circumcision necessary too? The cross means...
by Jonathan | Nov 17, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #12 – To Take Away Our Condemnation There is no double jeopardy in God’s court. We will not be condemned twice for the same offenses. Christ has died once for our sins. We will not be condemned for them. Condemnation is gone not because there...
by Jonathan | Nov 16, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #11 – To Complete the Obedience that Becomes our Righteousness Our sin was imputed to Him, and thus He became our pardon…Christ’s righteousness was imputed to us, and thus He became our perfection. Imputation. Another $2 theological word. But...
by Jonathan | Nov 15, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #10 – To Provide the Basis for Our Justification Being forgiven implies that I am guilty and my crime is not counted. Being justified implies that I have been tried and found innocent. My claim is just. I am vindicated. We many times mix up the meanings...
by Jonathan | Nov 14, 2010 | 50 Reasons, Blog
Reason #9 – For the Forgiveness of Our Sins Forgiveness is not “getting” even. It is giving away the right to get even. Oh, how precious is the news that God does not hold our sins against us! And how beautiful is Christ, whose bklood made it right...
