The Preaching of the Cross But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Galatians 6:14 The Christian is instructed to deny himself and to bear his cross daily as he follows Christ. This is…
Category: Work of Christ
A Response to Matt Slick’s "Baptism and 1 Peter 3:21"
A Response to Matt Slick’s “Baptism and 1 Peter 3:21” Article As found here: http://carm.org/baptism-and-1-pet-321 The following is a quick response to Matt Slick’s work on Baptism. I mean him no ill-will but am convinced that what he stated concerning baptism does not reflect what scripture declares in 1 Peter 3:21 and elsewhere. For the…
A Holistic Hermeneutic
A Holistic Hermeneutic Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Psalm 119:18 Finding Christ in the scripture is a deep, deep blessing; it reminds us over and over again of the totality of who He is and what He has done. Seeing Christ, by faith, in His word is…
No Mere "Supposed" Righteousness!
No Mere “Supposed” Righteousness! The Lord Jesus declares “…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be BORN AGAIN, he cannot see the kingdom of God…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. “ Concerning God’s elect,…
The Like Figure
Please note that this and other posts on the matter will likely be deleted/archived in preparation for a master article to help reduce redundancy and to streamline the listing and discussion of all key points. Also, contrary to the below, antitypos does not always mean just the antitype; it can also be the type of the antitype – so…
What Is In A Name?
What Is In A Name? Kyrios In the majority of existing manuscripts of the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament), Kyrios is substituted for Jehovah (YHWH) much like how our AV/KJV Bible substitutes LORD for Jehovah (YHWH). In the New Testament, this same Greek word Kyrios is translated Lord and most often references the Lord Jesus Christ.…
The Cup And The Baptism – Part Three
The Cup And The Baptism Part Three or, Spiritual Baptism Our Answer of a Good Conscience By Curt Wildy Return to Part One Return to Part Two Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto…
The Cup And The Baptism – Part Two
The Cup And The Baptism Part Two or, Spiritual Baptism Our Answer of a Good Conscience By Curt Wildy Return to Part One Matthew 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou?…
The Cup and The Baptism (Part One)
Republishing today (from June 4, 2012) in preparation for Parts 2 and 3 on Baptism.
O Wretched Man That I Am!
O Wretched Man That I Am! Brother Ian Potts Audio sermon 10/27/2013 Romans 7:24 Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Comment: We see in this blessed sermon the two separate extremes of the Christian reality; we see both the vile and devastating nature of sin in…
Spiritual Wrestlings 