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Justin Holcomb, pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle and executive director of the Resurgence, highlights Scripture's recurring emphasis on humanity’s desperate need and God’s extravagant grace. Holcomb convincingly demonstrates that grace - most powerfully manifested in the person and work of Jesus Christ - is the foundational theme and primary message of the whole Bible.

I’ve titled this book Essential Faith because I hope to reclaim the mighty gospel from its inferior variants. I also hope to show that this unembellished core provides an indispensable benefit both to individuals and to society. I don’t plan to prove the claims of the gospel so much as proof the claims for it. The gospel is God’s power to save humans. Only it can rescue us from what we need saving from. It is the essential message of the Christian system that is essential to life.

What if everything you’ve been told about salvation is wrong? For nearly a thousand years Christians have been hearing and repeating a story about why Jesus died on the cross. It’s the only story of salvation most of them have ever heard. And it’s wrong. The Bible doesn’t have that story and the early Christians never heard that story - they never believed it. In Salvation (and how we got it wrong), Kenneth Myers revisits the story of our salvation, retelling it like the early Christians told it. No longer a tale of an angry God punishing his Son in payment for crimes against his ...

LA MÉDULA DEL EVANGELIO POR SOLA GRACIA La doctrina de la imputación constituye el centro mismo, y la roca fundamental del Evangelio. Toda la humanidad desde la caída en Adán, se encuentra muerta en delitos y pecados. Sin embargo, nuestro pecado es puesto a Cristo en la Cruz, y su justicia nos es dada a través de la fe y el arrepentimiento. Sin imputación lo único que nos queda es una salvación por obras. Sin embargo, esta doctrina cardinal ha estado bajo constante ataque durante el siglo XX desde diferentes ángulos. J.V. Fesko ha hecho un trabajo magistral de proporciones épicas ...

Chris Kugler presents a thorough exploration of "personal eschatology," addressing the complex theological and biblical questions about the eternal fate of human beings. While Scripture suggests the possibility of eternal loss, Kugler argues that its most relevant texts are less definitive than commonly thought. Kugler contends that a nuanced picture is called for when one considers how theology uses the Bible to develop doctrine. He presents the problems, possibilities, and prospects of the three major views on personal eschatology: damnationism, annihilationism, and universalism.

The doctrine of providence is often too abstract, complex, or detached from real-life situations for introductory students. Drawing on years of experience in the classroom and the church, Adamson Co offers an introductory guide that uses the creation motif of the Bible to highlight the importance of providence for the Christian life.

Evangelical Christians often sing and preach about the blessed blood of Christ and the wonderful things it accomplishes for believers. To the uninformed ear, such language can convey the idea that Jesus’ blood had semi-magical qualities. Actually, Jesus’ blood was normal human blood, but the Bible refers to it in metaphorical terms to portray the many benefits that come to Christians because of Jesus’ death.

Here is a strong summary of the book: Many Crowns examines the biblical language of crowns, rewards, inheritance, and judgment through the writings of Gilbert Beebe and Samuel Trott, arguing that neither man viewed heaven as a market of earned glory where the saints secure higher ranks of bliss by their works. Instead, the book shows that Beebe and Trott carefully distinguished between the believer’s secure inheritance in Christ as a son and the believer’s accountability as a servant. Working through key passages such as Matthew 19, Luke 12, 1 Corinthians 3, 1 Corinthians 9, 2 Timothy 4...

Descubra las profundidades de la Palabra de Dios con facilidad La Biblia está llena de términos y conceptos incomprendidos. Muchos cristianos luchan por comprender el significado más profundo que se esconde tras las escrituras que conocen y aprenden. ¿Cuál es el plan de Dios para la humanidad? ¿Está viviendo plenamente la redención de Jesús? ¿Comprende el verdadero propósito de la Iglesia y el momento perfecto de Dios? ¡Encontrar estas respuestas puede ser sencillo! Puede desenterrar los profundos tesoros de su redención, despertar a la gloria de su justicia y reclamar las ...

Are the foundational doctrines of Reformed Theology truly biblical, or are they the philosophical traditions of men? In KJV vs. Augustine, Calvin & MacArthur, David Michael Curtis presents a rigorous, systematic refutation of Calvinism, relying strictly on the plain English text of the King James Bible. Bypassing the echo chambers of modern denominational commentaries, this book employs a meticulous topical Bible study method—gathering and harmonizing every relevant verse on a given subject—to test the five points of TULIP against the whole counsel of God. Structured around 100 pivotal ...

Part of the furor in the Middle East is the identity of Israel. Various sects of Christianity try to tackle its relationship with the nation, kingdom, and homeland of the Jews. With that in mind, this book aims to answer the following question Biblically: Why is the Church not and never will be Israel? Discover: The five main views of the relationship between the Church and Israel The difference between the New Testament and New Covenant (It's not what you think) Why passages that seem to imply that the Church is Israel doesn't actually say so The question is explored in many angles, and...

Every Christian cherishes the famous passage in Galatians 5:22-23 that lists the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are the marks of godly character that we strive to display. But has it ever occurred to you that these are also the characteristics of God? Can it be that God loves us with the fruit of the Spirit? And only when we are secure in that love can we display it to others? Jessica Thompson wants to take you deeper into the love that your Heavenly Father has for you.

What if the reason for Jesus wasn't just to save you from hell, but to bring you home to a Father who loves you more than you can imagine? This book reveals that the ultimate purpose of the cross is not just a ticket to heaven, but an invitation into an intimate, life-changing relationship with...

The Eternal Covenant is a theological and literary journey into the heart of God’s redemptive plan—a story not merely told through doctrines, but spoken through divine promises that echo from Genesis to Christ. Before humanity ever searched for God, God spoke. Before history unfolded, covenant was already written into eternity. This book explores how every biblical covenant—Adamic, Noetic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and Palestinian—is not an isolated agreement, but a continuous expression of a faithful God pursuing a fragile people. With pastoral sensitivity and rich biblical ...

If you ask, He will give you living water! That is all you have to do – ask. How real, how true, how free – yet how simple! This is grace. He loves us not because we are rich in goodness, but because He is rich in mercy; not because we are worthy of His favor, but because He delights in lovingkindness. His welcome to us comes from His own graciousness, not from our lovableness. Christ invites the weary. It is this weariness that fits you for Him and Him for you.

The voice of God is one of the most profound and awe-inspiring aspects of the human experience. It is the divine expression of God’s will, His character, and His heart for humanity. From the very beginning of creation, God’s voice has been central to His relationship with His creation. It was His voice that spoke the universe into existence, bringing light out of darkness and order out of chaos. His voice is not distant or impersonal but deeply intimate, inviting His creation into communion with Him. To hear the voice of God is to encounter the very essence of who He is—holy, loving, ...

Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that a vital part of the work of God in Christ is atonement by vicarious satisfaction. Vicarious satisfaction is attested in Scripture, the Lutheran confessions in the Book of Concord, explanations of the Catechism, Lutheran hymns, the liturgy, the Sacraments, and so on. Nevertheless, the atonement is in controversy in Lutheran circles. The adversaries deny vicarious satisfaction. They substitute a general amnesty that is announced in a bloodless absolution. According to them, the cross would not have been necessary had sinners only believed that God can and does ...

Christian victory, as explained in Colossians, is radically different from how victory is commonly imagined in both religious and cultural thinking. Paul does not describe victory as gradual spiritual dominance, mystical advancement, or human achievement over evil forces. Instead, he presents victory as a decisive, completed act accomplished by Christ alone, rooted in the Cross and applied to believers through union with Him. This redefinition is essential because misunderstanding victory leads believers either into fear-driven spirituality or into performance-based religion. Colossians ...

This book argues that the old Trinitarian controversies are not dusty relics but live theological fault lines. It opens by defining Sabellianism as modalism—the claim that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not eternally distinct, but are merely different modes or manifestations of one divine subject. It then sets that against classical Trinitarianism, which insists on both the unity of God and the real distinction of Father, Son, and Spirit. From there, the book moves into the Pneumatomachians/Macedonians, showing that they denied the full deity of the Holy Spirit and were led by figures ...

Is the doctrine of predestination already present in the book of Genesis? Many readers are surprised to discover that the seeds of God’s sovereign grace are already evident in the earliest pages of Scripture. From the election of Abraham to the mysterious blessing of Jacob over Esau, Genesis reveals more than historical events—it unveils the eternal plan of a sovereign God. In this thought-provoking book, the five points of Calvinism—Total Depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints—are traced through the narratives of ...