Christ is the center of our salvation God’s love is located in Christ: Romans 8:39 God’s grace is in Christ: 2 Timothy 2:1 Salvation is in Christ: 2 Timothy 2:10 Eternal life is in Christ: 1 John 5:11; 2 Timothy 1:1 Everything pertaining to our salvation is found in Christ and thus comes from Him: […]
Archives for April 1996
Understanding the Inspiration of the Bible
“Everyone has a basis of authority on which he thinks and acts. For the Christian this is the Bible, claimed to be a book that is different from all others,” says Charles Ryrie. [1] The Bible is indeed different from all other books–it claims to be the inspired word of God. But this raises many […]
Can We Trust the New Testament?
Too often it is claimed that the New Testament cannot be trusted to give us an accurate picture of what Jesus said and did. It is held that the Gospels are simply legends which grew over time and have no basis in historical fact, thus casting considerable doubt on the truth of the Christian faith. […]
Evidence for the Resurrection
If you wanted to disprove Christianity, what would you do? The way to disprove Christianity is to disprove the resurrection of Christ. Why? Because Christianity is founded upon the resurrection. If the resurrection goes, so does Christianity. I know that there are many pastors and scholars today who claim to be Christians, yet deny the […]
Review of Vern S. Poythress’ “Modern Spiritual Gifts Analogous to Apostolic Gifts: Affirming Extraordinary Works of the Spirit Within Cessationist Theology”
Poythress’ thesis cannot be stated any better than he himself has worded it: “Modern spiritual gifts are analogous to but not identical with the divine authoritative gifts that are exercised by the apostles Since there is no strict identity, apostolic teaching and the biblical canon have exclusive divine authority. On the other hand, since there […]