You can have all the right theology and still not enter the kingdom of heaven. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the...

Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...

What is saving faith, and how do you know if you have it? Paul answers that question by looking at the life of one of the most important...

When I graduated high school, there was a girl that I had gone out with a few times, but we hadn’t had that DTR  (“define the...

The book of Romans was written right after Jews returned to the church in Rome after being banished for five years by Emperor Claudius...

I often get the question, “How were people saved in the Old Testament?” To answer this question, I usually follow the Apostle Paul’s...

If you’re anything like me, you still remember just about every scene from the greatest comedy movie of all time, Dumb and Dumber. One of...

Martin Luther famously said, “It wouldn’t matter if Jesus died 1,000 times if no one ever heard about it.” This statement helps us...

It’s always a fun and informative exercise to look at the most popular posts on Pastor J.D.’s blog and learn some interesting facts. For...

Everybody recognizes that our world has evil in it, but we assume that the primary problem is other people. So we put locks on our doors...

Paul’s great summary of the gospel is laid out in Ephesians 2:8-10: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your...

There is a lot of bad news contained in the first three verses of Ephesians 2: We were spiritually dead, children of wrath, even...

This post remains one of our most popular ever, and for good reason. The question of assurance is a troubling one for many people in the...