In our first article in this series, we looked at how culture is a result of being made in the image of God and carrying out the creation mandate from Genesis 1. We also saw how the Fall has affected culture and the world we live in now. In this article, we will consider the religious nature of...
What is culture? Culture is part of the ‘natural habitat’ we inhabit daily as we live our lives, yet something - like the water fish swim in - that we seldom stop to seriously consider. It’s one of those words we throw around and assumes that everyone knows what it is and what we mean but...
You can listen to the second part of this series here. In this article series on the Doctrines of Grace (also know as the 5 Points of Calvinism or TULIP), we’ve covered man’s radical corruption in sin (Total Depravity), God’s sovereign choice in salvation (Unconditional Election), the definite...
You can listen to the second part of this series here. We’ve covered a lot in this series about the history of the Doctrines of Grace, the Radical Corruption of man’s sinfulness, the Sovereign Gracious Choice of God in salvation, and the Specificity of the Atonement. In this article, we consider...
You can listen to the second part of this series here. In our first article in this series, we introduced the history of the Doctrines of Grace (Five Points of Calvinism) and the aims of this series. Our second article looked at the doctrine of Total Depravity or Man’s Radical Corruption due to...
You can listen to the first part of this series here. In our last article, we considered the “T” in the TULIP of Total Depravity or our Radical Corruption by sin. In this article, we’ll take a look at Unconditional Election or God’s Sovereign Choice to save. Many internet debates have been fought...
You can listen to the first part of this series here. In our first article in this series, we introduced a little of the history of the Doctrines of Grace, otherwise known as the Five Points of Calvinism. We sought to clarify some frequent misperceptions and what the goal of this series of...
You can listen to the first part of this series here. The Doctrines of Grace are some of the most beautiful truths of the Gospel that were clarified as a result of the Protestant Reformation. Many Christians have found them to deepen their understanding of the Gospel and their appreciation of the...
Many of us have probably either seen or heard of word studies in the Bible. Perhaps it was a preacher telling you about how God’s "agape” love is special and distinct from all the other types of love in the Bible. Or maybe it was a Bible teacher talking about how this particular Greek word is so...
While I was serving on mission in Brazil a few years ago, I wrote a devotional commentary on Romans 1 - 7 which I thought I would share here. It is not meant to be an academic commentary but rather was birthed out of my personal study and reflection while serving at Casa Semear, a project of ABBA...