"It wasn't a potential atonement actuated by the sinner, it was an actual atonement initiated by the savior."
John MacArthur
Musings of the Christian faith
Musings of the Christian faith
There are now 58 gender options for facebook users. Men can get pregnant. You will get fired for refusing to affirm gender identity. White supremacy is the biggest terrorist threat in the country. January 6 is the worst attack on…
In the “last days” the Lord doesn’t promise that things will go well, He promises in 2 Timothy 3:1 “in the last days difficult times will come.” But it gets even worse. A number of the Old Testament books prophesize the…
As a believer, if we were asked “what are you save from” most would respond “I’m saved from hell” or “saved from Satan” or even “saved from sin.” In other words, salvation is like a divine fire insurance policy. …
A friend asked, “how she could pull the emotion of Christ, closer to her heart”? You see, sometimes it’s hard to see Jesus as more than a story in the Gospel, to see Him as a real person. …
Rational minds naturally attempt to determine a logical understanding of the events that are occurring all around them. You know the concerns. Why is masking kindergarten kids more of a priority than rescuing American citizens from the Taliban? Why…
“In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas.” These words, translated variously as “in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things charity,” or, “unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things,” have often…
On July 14, 1861, Union Officer Maj. Sullivan Ballou penned a letter to his wife, Sarah Hart Shumway, a portion of which is reproduced below: The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me,…
In 1 Tim 2:4, we read that our savior, “desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” And this is not a solitary verse. In 2 Peter 3:9, the Lord reiterates that He…
2 Peter 2:8 [quoting Isaiah 8:14] “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” In 2 Peter 2:8, we read that “They stumble because they are disobedient to the word and to this stumbling they were also appointed.” …
