by Wade Berry | Jan 31, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For more than two months, we have been wrestling with the question, “What must I do to be saved?” We have looked at texts that are sometimes ignored when people think about soteriology, and we have tried to understand how these texts might enrich our understanding of...
by Wade Berry | Jan 24, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
In a previous blog, I mentioned that American Christians in the twentieth century expended a lot of time and effort to mass-market the gospel. They sought to boil the message of the New Testament down to its essence so that it could be more easily digested by people...
by Stephen Suffron | Jan 19, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
There are lots of different motivations you can have for talking to people about Christ, and all of them are good. We are concerned with the eternal destiny of the unbeliever. When I really think about the prospect of anyone, let alone someone I know and care about,...
by Wade Berry | Jan 17, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For the last three weeks, we have been using the Greatest Commandment as a jumping-off point for our discussions of salvation in the New Testament. Now we need to turn our attention to other voices from the soteriological margins. Today, we will be considering the...
by Wade Berry | Jan 10, 2017 | Scripture, Theology
For the last couple of weeks, we have been talking about the fact that love for God and love for neighbor are somehow related to the acquisition of salvation. This week, we need to talk a little more explicitly about the nature of this relationship. We will begin by...
