In Romans 7, Paul shows how the law increases the trespass, and he will show how sin, as an enslaving power, uses the law to accomplish its own ends.
Most of the Psalms were written by David, but at least one was written by Moses – Psalm 90. It is not one of the cheerier Psalms of the Bible. It reviews the generally short and unpleasant aspect of human…
Note: Enjoy this guest post by Elizabeth Clevenger Being a spiritual Christian is incomplete godliness. For we live and move and have our being in a physical body. A mystical, disembodied holiness reverts back to living under the Law, in…
(1) Of steadfast love and justice I shall sing,To you, O Lord, my music will take wing.(2) Awaiting you, I pace the palace grounds,And from its walls the blameless way resounds(3) I’ll turn my eyes from seeing worthless viewsApostate works…
Jeremiah ben Hilkiah (before 627 BC – after 585 BC) is one of the more famous prophets of the Old Testament. God sent him to the Kingdom of Judah to warn them of judgment. Jeremiah prophesied during the chaotic years…
You just yielded to sin in your life. What should you do next?
The purpose of this article is to compare two of the more prominent theological systems, namely, the reformed covenantal view and the progressive covenantal view.
Author’s note: This blog post is part of an ongoing series about the book of Romans. To see other Romans resources, click here. For Jews living in the city of Rome, Paul’s assertions at the end of Romans 6 were…
I read again the story of Earnest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition – and even though I had read the book and knew the ending, I could not put it down. How could it be that the survivors of a shipwreck could…
“Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character…” (Romans 5:3-4) Suffering for the Christian is a painful experience, but not a destructive one. As Paul lays out in Romans 5:3-5,…
