1. The Law did exactly what it was supposed to do. Consider that the Old Law did exactly what it was supposed to do. This point is important to stress, because many people have read statements about the Old Law in Romans, Galatians, and Hebrews and, while sincere, have gotten a little carried away with …
What is Super Faith? I’m reading Salvation By Allegiance Alone by Matthew Bates. His second chapter is called “What Faith Is Not.” In the chapter discussion, Bates corrects the oft made false assumption that faith is “A Leap in the Dark” as he calls it. This description of “A Leap in the Dark” he draws from …
Explaining the Dilemma It would seem from the plain reading of scripture that the Law of Moses (commonly referred to as the Old Law; Old Covenant; Old Testament) was less-than-perfect, though that is not to say that the law failed to serve the exact purpose for which God created it. The last sentence might sound …
Why Did God Create the World? This question “Why did God create the world?” is most often posed by skeptics, whether atheist and/or agnostic, who have no interest in evidence for God’s goodness but only in tearing down the God of the Bible. However, sometimes sincere Christians have the same query; their motivations are not …
When the subject of cheating in a marriage relationship surfaces, the mind automatically goes to a spouse who has gone outside the home and had sexual relations with someone they were not married to. If someone were to say, “Bob cheated on Shirley,” the scenario just described is probably the one you immediately imagine. But …