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"The Papists will well-enough confess that we be justified by faith, howbeit they add that it is but partly . But that gloss marreth al...

  " Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who wors...

Americans have come to loathe the concept of sin. The popular  preachers, such as Joel Osteen, refuse to use the word. Even the supposedly-...

In Luke 17:10, Jesus makes a surprising comment: " So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, [should] say, ‘We are...

Every false religion, that is, every religion other than biblical Christianity, is based on innate human righteousness, the things that men ...

Martin Luther said something with which I agree completely: " For as long as he [i. e., man] is persuaded that he himself can do even ...

I expect unbelievers to deny that they are sinners. That is the nature of unbelief. If they understood sin, then they would understand the h...

I admit that it is chic to speak against biblical Law. Even among non-dispensationalists, the idea has become accepted that the Law was a st...

I often hear people refer to biblical Law in ways which are so obtuse that I wish I could unhear them. That is a gift, which God has, so ...

I run into too many people who believe that they contribute to their own salvation with good works - Mormons, Catholics, Jehovah's Wit...

Moses, Reading the Law There is a common misunderstanding, usually connected to a dispensational view of scripture, that holds that the ...

In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus told a deep parable, that of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. In it, we see strikingly different attitudes in thei...

In the Bible, we find comments like this (Habakkuk 1:13): " You are of purer eyes than to see evil, and cannot look at wrong. " Or...

As any Christian should know, the Apostle Paul tells us (Romans 3:28), " We hold that one is justified by faith apart from the works of...

Buddhism sets a very different spiritual goal from evangelical Christianity. Where a Christian finds eternal life in redemption in Jesus Chr...

It is rare for me to be completely revolted when reading a book, especially a book on some aspect of theology, even theology that I disag...

" We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, a...

" Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the L...

" My mouth will tell of Your righteous acts, of Your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. With the...

  " When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. Then it says,...