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Baptism
The Big Question about Baptism What is baptism? What does it do? The basic question with regard to baptism is this … what does it do? Other questions, such as “Who should be baptized?” depend on this prior question: “What does baptism do?” Is it a literal and effective application of grace? Is it merely a visible act by which we profess our faith, or confirm that profession, or is it something else? Let me give a way our answer…
Our Representatives: 1st & 2nd Adams
Representative Are we sinners because we sin, or do we sin because we are sinners? We sin because we are sinners. As the old rhyme has it, “In Adam’s fall, we sinned all.” Or, as Paul puts it, “sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” (Rom. 5:12) And, lest you conclude that “because all sinned” refers to the sins we’ve all committed, Paul continues, “many…
Jesus Laments Covenant Breakers
That Fox Jesus was not afraid of Herod’s murderous designs. He had no need to be. No one had the authority or power to take Jesus’ life (John 10:17-18). And human threats are unimpressive when you grasp God’s loving and sovereign care. Herod was not a real threat. Lions are dangerous predators. Foxes are not. Foxes live in the shadow of lions. And this is how we ought to view all human threats (Luke 12:4). And, like Jesus, in the…