It’s a profound thing to experience reconciliation in a relationship. Where there was rupture, there’s now repair. Where there was brokenness, peace. Is this not the work of the cross? The Father sacrificed his Son to a horrific execution in order to bring peace to this world (Col 1:20). Between every warring party, there will …
“It is finished!” Jesus cried from the cross, ushering all who would believe into a reconciled relationship with God. Salvation was accomplished and peace proclaimed for those who were formerly enemies. Yet war rages on, not only across the globe but in our own homes—a disgruntled sibling ousted from the bathroom on a school morning, …
by Nate Brooks, Ph.D. Anthony Hoekema eventually earned his PhD, but the road to getting there was full of academic woe. His doctoral committee at Princeton Theological Seminary gave the young scholar full approval to write a dissertation on the centrality of the heart in Herman Bavinck’s theological anthropology. After multiple years of work, Hoekema …
Should God save someone like you? If we were saved by our works, even to the slightest degree, then our ongoing struggles with sin would crush us. There would be no hope for flawed Old Testament saints, like Abraham, Isaac, and (especially) Jacob. There would be no way of salvation for someone like Peter, who …
“The most spiritually dangerous place you can be is living a perfect life with no problems.” I’m sure I nodded in assent when my high school theology teacher spoke these words to our class, not fully grasping the enormity of his message. “There,” he continued, “you’re most likely to forget that you desperately need God …