Category: assurance
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The Boat You Want to Be In (Mark 6:45-52)
In a sermon delivered June 23, 2024, I explain that the story of Jesus walking on the water shows us how He blesses His people in the storms of life.
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Does Matthew 25:31-46 teach salvation by works?
A popular songwriter once explained that “the only difference between the sheep and the goats is what they did or didn’t do.” Is that really the point of the parable?
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Why the hiddenness of God necessitates faith and hope
Musings on the God who hides Himself; how God has chosen to reveal Himself; why these place an absolute limit on the freedom of our will; and how all of this necessitates faith and hope for assurance of salvation.
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My “Confession,” or scattered notes on how to live as an ordinary, messy saint
The one where I, an unimpressive minister with ADHD, assure ordinary, unimpressive Christians that Jesus will meet them among the pots and pans of their messy kitchens.
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The Christian and the judgment according to works in 2 Corinthians 5:10-11
Does 2 Corinthians 5:10-11 teach that a believer’s works determine their salvation, in whole or in part?
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Does God take His Holy Spirit away from Christians? Some thoughts on Psalm 51:11
The one where I think through the implications of a troubling line from a popular hymn adapted from Psalm 51.
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Vertical and horizontal: how distinguishing the directions of the Christian life can strengthen assurance
The one where I explain how our security in the vertical dimension—peace with God through Christ—comforts believers in our struggles in the horizontal dimension. Which includes ourselves and everything else that’s not God.
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