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This is an interesting phrase because it indicates that Jesus is the source not only of the light of spiritual truth but of the light of all truth. Clearly, this text tells us that all people receive some light and yet not all people receive and rest in Christ for salvation. Thus, the reference…

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes … this we declare to you. (1 John 1:1–2) Christian witness is always both verbal and visible. This is true without exception. What we say is inseparable from what we do, and who we are. This is so blindingly obvious, yet frequently in danger of being overlooked in the multiple schemes…

Lübeck Cathedral is a large brick Lutheran church in Lübeck, Germany and is considered a World Heritage Site. Its construction began in 1173 by Henry the Lion, one of the most powerful German princes of his time. The cathedral was partly destroyed by a bombing raid in World War II. Reconstruction of the church took several decades, with work being completed in 1982. Yet,…

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel … by which also you are saved” (1 Cor 15:1ff) The nineteenth-century Princeton theologian Charles Hodge said, ‘The gospel is so simple that small children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches.’ The gospel is absolutely fundamental to everything we…

Peter  has  been  talking  about  believers  living  in a  world  hostile  to  the  faith.  In  3:13,  we  read  this question,  “Who  is  there  to  harm  you  if  you  prove  zealous  for  what  is good?”  You  can  imagine  the  looks  that  must  have  floated  around  the room  when  this …

We must not cease to wonder at the great marvels of our God. It would be very difficult to draw a line between holy wonder and real worship; for when the soul is overwhelmed with the majesty of God’s glory, though it may not express itself in song or even utter its voice with bowed head in…

‘…completion of the atoning work is underlined by Christ’s sitting down, especially as we contrast it to how the Levitical high priests had to stand up in Tabernacle and Temple. In the Holy of Holies, there was the Ark of the Covenant, but no chair, for the priest must continue to stand as he sprinkled the blood on the mercy seat. The next year he would…

John M. Frame addressing the charge that if people have no ‘free will’, people are simply robots: ‘Scripture is concerned, above all, to glorify God. Sometimes glorifying God humbles man, and those who believe Scripture must be willing to accept that consequence. We covet for ourselves ever more dignity, honor, and status, and we resist accepting a lower…

‘I think that many of us don’t care about redemption as much as we think we do. Yes, we know we have a sin problem, but in our heart of hearts, we just want life to work, and when it doesn’t, it isn’t too long before we are beginning to harbor questions about God’s goodness, faithfulness, and love. We are easily irritated with the minor…

‘Doubts and fears have power to spoil much of the happiness of a true believer in Christ. Uncertainty and suspense are bad enough in any condition — in the matter of our health, our property, our families, our affections, our earthly callings — but never so bad as in the affairs of our souls. And so long as a believer cannot get beyond ‘I hope’, and…