Heaven, Hell, and What the Bible Actually Says About Eternity
Popular ideas about heaven and hell often have more to do with Dante and medieval imagination than with Scripture. Here …
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What Does "Grace" Actually Mean? A Theology of Undeserved Favour
We sing about grace constantly. But do we understand what the word actually means, and why its particular definition is …
What Is the Hypostatic Union and Why Does It Matter?
Jesus is fully God and fully human at the same time. This sounds simple until you try to think about it. The church has …
What the Bible Says About Spiritual Gifts (and How to Think About Them)
Spiritual gifts are one of the most debated and most misunderstood topics in the church today. Here is a careful, balanc…
Grace and Law: How Paul's Letters Resolve the Tension
Is the Christian obligated to keep the law? Is grace an excuse for any behaviour? Paul's letters to the Romans and Galat…
The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament vs the New Testament
The Holy Spirit did not first appear at Pentecost. He is active throughout the Old Testament — but the nature of his pre…
What Is Justification by Faith? A Plain-Language Explanation
Justification by faith is the doctrine at the heart of the Reformation and the centre of Paul's letter to the Romans. Un…
Grace vs. Works: Why This Debate Has Never Stopped Mattering
Are we saved by grace alone or does what we do matter? This debate has split churches for centuries. Here is a clear, pa…
The Sermon on the Mount: Still the Most Counter-Cultural Teaching in History
The Sermon on the Mount is the most quoted and most consistently ignored teaching in history. Its demands, taken serious…