Common Denominator

Well, the French are at it again. They've voted down the proposed EU Constitution. And Chirac may soon resign. I haven't paid attent...

7. Glorious Ultimate Salvation Romans 3:23 says that "all have sinned and are lacking the glory of God." Many take the glory of Go...

6. Working out Salvation Together Western culture pushes us to think of salvation and sanctification as an individual experience, but the Bi...

5. From Theory to Practice It is fairly clear in theory that the New Testament teaches that Christians are supposed to be consistently victo...

4. Saved from the power of sin An area of the New Testament's teaching that is greatly misunderstood is the place of sin in the life of ...

3. Signing up for salvation Christians today often talk about when they got "saved." What they mean is when they "signed up...

2. Salvation is a "Done Deal." So in the most literal sense of salvation, we have not been saved yet, for the wrath of God has not...

This is not the manuscript I'm "running" for the July 15th contest, but my debriefing from the Saving Grace conference. 1. Wha...

I went to a conference this weekend at Wesleyan Headquarters entitled "Saving Grace." The main topic of consideration was our doct...

It's that time of year again: the second annual Schenck running of the manuscripts. Last year I wrote a manuscript in a week to enlist i...

The Filibusters don't evoke too much of a reaction from me. Business as usual. The usual feeling of detachment because who knows what th...

Well back to the whacky world of politics. I personally think flushing Qurans down the toilet is a bad policy. You know, ticks a bunch of p...

Right after I wrote my entry on Romans 7, I ironically heard the testimony of someone who for a while did not believe she could be a Christi...

You may have noticed that what the NIV translates as "sinful nature," I have consistently translated as "flesh." In my o...

Martin Marty wrote several decades ago of the "Baptistification" of American Christianity. This trend and melting of Christianity ...