Your Life vs. Your Lips: Which Demonstrates True Belief?
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...
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Jan 29, 20204 min read
Beware the Complacency of “Once Saved, Always Saved”
Many cultural Christians think church is a good thing, but they are not committed. They are not involved in any ministry. They don’t...
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May 20, 20193 min read
How Was Abraham Saved?
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...
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May 8, 20194 min read
How You Live Shows What You Believe
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...
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Apr 24, 20193 min read
A Different Kind of Exclusivity
The book of Romans was written right after Jews returned to the church in Rome after being banished for five years by Emperor Claudius...
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Apr 22, 20192 min read
How Were People Saved in the Old Testament?
I often get the question, “How were people saved in the Old Testament?” To answer this question, I usually follow the Apostle Paul’s...
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Mar 25, 20193 min read
You’ve Been Redeemed. What Does That Mean?
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...
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Jan 9, 20192 min read
What Is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions?
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...
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Jan 3, 20184 min read
Our Golden Nuggets of 2017
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...
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May 1, 20174 min read
Bad News First
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...
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Apr 17, 20174 min read
Four Crucial Elements of Salvation
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...
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Mar 29, 20173 min read
The Two Greatest Words in the Bible
There is a lot of bad news contained in the first three verses of Ephesians 2: We were spiritually dead, children of wrath, even...
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Nov 14, 20163 min read
From the Vault: Two Ways to Know You Are Saved
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...
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