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Salvation by Faith or Works?

Salvation by Faith or Works?

We Protestants passionately and resolutely proclaim that salvation comes through faith alone! We boldly cite Paul’s letter to the Ephesians as our “proof text” to support our belief. But let’s take a closer look at the tension between faith and...
Partakers of the Divine Nature

Partakers of the Divine Nature

Most Christians do not know about the astonishing future that Jesus has waiting for them upon receiving their “resurrected bodies”. Christians will be “partakers of the divine nature” and will be divine as a reflection of Jesus who is, of...
What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”EXODUS 3:14 In recent years I have begun to wonder why modern translations of the Bible use the word “LORD” (all capitals) instead of Yahweh...
A Biblical Perspective on Illegal Immigrants

A Biblical Perspective on Illegal Immigrants

This blog post is going to be challenging for some readers. However, if you are a “believer” and a “follower of Christ”, then I implore you to consider the direct commands of God to you and me from His Word. Consider what the prophet Samuel said to King Saul when he...
Insights on Idolatry from Romans

Insights on Idolatry from Romans

“The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be present where no overt act of worship has taken place. … Wrong ideas about God are not only the fountain from which the polluted waters of...