When Jesus came to his own in Matt-John, he came to save that which was lost (Matt 18:11). He came to fulfill the scriptures which were about him (Mark 15:28). He taught the law faithfully, in word and deed, showing mercy and forgiveness to the most condemned, even adulterers (John 8:1-11). He was the Word […]

No, this article is not about the politics or religious preferences of those involved in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. I’d rather make an important point about hell that could be made from watching C-SPAN last week. (Insert joke about watching congressional television here.) Sentencing Justice During the confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson an […]

The word grace is thrown around like confetti these days. This is a common knee jerk reaction to legalism. If there is a label for Christians that remains as unpopular as kale at a Baptist potluck, it is the term “legalist”. No one wants to be the dreaded L-word, so grace, grace, grace is the […]

Most of the Bible speaks about Israel. The Old Testament books are about their fathers, founding, law, history, prophets, fall, captivity, and return. In the New Testament books, Jesus comes to the “lost sheep of the house of Israel” and declares “salvation is of the Jews”. Revelation describes the restoration of the kingdom to Israel […]

Romans 3:22 and Galatians 2:16 have been studied for a long time by those in ivory towers to determine the meaning of the “faith of Jesus Christ”. What is not among the leading answers is the wrongheaded idea that Jesus needed to have faith like we have faith. Is Jesus faithful? Yes. Do we need […]