The Gospel. No matter what else we are studying, we always need to come back to this: the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. And for Christians, the main thing is that we are sinners and that Jesus has suffered on the cross to bring us absolution. The central message is that God, in His Son, gives us something that is the opposite of what we deserve: we get grace instead of disgrace; mercy instead of wrath; redemption instead of rejection; peace instead of punishment; relationship instead of retribution. Basically, we are saying that through Jesus God treats us better than we deserve.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Mark: "Do You Come to Me?"
The Gospel. No matter what else we are studying, we always need to come back to this: the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. And for Christians, the main thing is that we are sinners and that Jesus has suffered on the cross to bring us absolution. The central message is that God, in His Son, gives us something that is the opposite of what we deserve: we get grace instead of disgrace; mercy instead of wrath; redemption instead of rejection; peace instead of punishment; relationship instead of retribution. Basically, we are saying that through Jesus God treats us better than we deserve.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
THE END IS HERE!!!
Ok, just kidding. Not to digress, but I love those bumper stickers that say "Jesus is Coming" because I always want to retort with "Look Busy!". Haha, I know, real comedian over here. But in the same thought that Sean had the other day when he put up several links to other resources, I found an amazing talk today about eschatology (the study of last things) while I was on Monergism's website. If you scroll down on the link to June 1st, the eschatology session is the last one. Feel free to download it if not all of the other 6 sessions. I found it very Biblical and Christ glorifying. Enjoy.ryan
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