Is the Christ that you worship God, or was he just a good person, someone with only a human nature? Can you prove the Deity of Christ from the Scriptures? What happened when the Son of God took on human nature (the doctrine of “kenosis”)? The word “Messiah” is a...
The Gospel of John starts with an elaborate chiastic structure which ends with these words: “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him” (John 1:18; cf. 1:1-2; NKJV). What does God the Father do and...
Throughout history there has been resistance against the concept of the Trinity, or Tri-unity of God. “How could God be one, and how could God be three?” This seems to be a contradiction. Disciples of Jesus, however, find this answer in the Scriptures: There is only...
One way to gain an overall perspective of God’s special revelation is to focus on the Biblical covenants (as we recently did). Another way to understand the meta-story of the Bible — “to rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) — is to focus on the doctrine...
The Mosaic Law is described by Paul as the “the middle wall of partition” (Ephesians 2:14 ASV), that is to say the “law of commandments contained in ordinances” (Ephesians 2:15). If, during the time that the Mosaic Law was applicable – from Sinai to the cross of the...
