The Great Transition in John’s Gospel (4)
January 30, 2016
John 12:35-50 is a vital section in discussing the transition from the Lord’s focus on Judaism to the building of the Church that requires careful thinking.
In Season, Out of Season
January 22, 2016
It was Thursday night, two days before I was to leave for three weeks of Bible teaching in Colorado, The phone rang. It was my friend Larry on the line with a frantic plea...
Five Fatal Flaws: The Warning Passages in Hebrews (4)
January 9, 2016
Another blessing offered in Christ, but not available in the Mosaic system, is forgiveness for acts of willful sin. The repeated refrain of the Law read: "for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance." Any willful sin brought certain judgment without mercy. Anyone claiming the law as a means of salvation, either in the first century or today, must face this grim fact.
Five Fatal Flaws: The Warning Passages in Hebrews (3)
January 8, 2016
In speaking with Donald Cole, radio pastor of Moody’s WMBI flagship radio station, I asked him the passage of Scripture he was most often questioned about on his call-in program. Hebrews 6 was the answer. And perhaps one reason is that we stop the warning passage where I have, at chapter 6, verse 12. If we continued to the end of the chapter, we would see the point of the whole passage is found in verse 11. What is it? Ironically, it is written that believers might have “full assurance.”
Five Fatal Flaws: The Warning Passages in Hebrews (2)
January 7, 2016
There was a second missing component in Judaism. The writer to the Hebrews takes us to Psalm 95:7-11 and reminds us about three Old Testament scenes: first, in Eden; second, in the Sinai desert; and third, in Canaan.