In Matthew 5:13 Jesus calls us the salt of the earth. Paul calls the world darkened by Satan in Ephesians 4:17-24, he tells us to live Godly lives in Titus 2:11-14, in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 he tells us to pursue holiness. Peter tells us in 2 Peter 3:11-13 we ought to have holy and Godly lives. I can continue but you get the drift. The church is not only called to...

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Paul begins his theological treatise with this phrase, which has made its way unto coffee mugs, t-shirts, christian jewelry, people’s body in the form of tattoos. It is the thesis/foundation for many evangelistic...

To be saved by grace, has three overarching implications that should grip us as Christians. I think because the phrase is so popular, and so overly used that it has lost its emphasis. Not only has it lost its emphasis but it is also diluted to the point where “grace” has lost its power. So lets talk about the implications. Grace Originates my Faith Faith...

T.C.R, the prolific blogger that he is, posted something a little while ago about the unreached being saved. Here is the post for context . I remember a few years ago my wife and I got into about a 2 hour argument about this issue. I think the question was actually generated in a small group in which I was instructing and my answer was the age old Reformed answer...