By Andy Reeves John 16:13-15 The father glorifies the spirit In John 16:13-15, Jesus makes several important statements about the Holy Spirit. These statements point to God the Father glorifying the Holy Spirit in the same way He glorifies God the Son. There are three lines of evidence in this passage that point to the …
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John Owen on the Glory of Christ in the Old Testament
By Colton Corter Jesus never rebuked the Pharisees for reading their Bibles too much. His problem was with their interpretive method; how they were reading their Bibles. The self-righteousness of these men came about because they did not understand the nature of God’s revelation and redemption. They searched the Scriptures because they thought that in …
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For the Sake of Wisdom and Insight: A Burden for History
By Paul Sanchez To study history is to gain wisdom. As ministers of the gospel, we need wisdom to be faithful stewards of our calling. However, if we polled evangelical pastors across the United States, my hunch is that relatively few read a significant amount of history. Even many of the most thoughtful pastors would …
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No Creed, but the Bible?
By Colton Corter We Baptists are known for many things. Sadly, confessions of faith are not one of those things. Baptists were confessional historically but these old documents have seemed to have fallen on rough times. It is hard for us more confessional types to convince our brothers that a statement of faith is good …
Re-Introducing Paul and His Gospel
Galatians 1:1-5 “Paul, an apostle, not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead, and all the brothers with me; to the churches of Galatia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our …