Ravenhill Meditation: Complete Joy

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that [...]

Eternal Security: McKnight on the Hebrews Warning Passages

Another writing applicable to our discussion of perseverance that is found in the footnotes of nearly every other reference I have read on this subject is a lengthy article by Scot McKnight that appeared in the Trinity Journal Spring 1992 edition. McKnight is well known among blog readers as the author of numerous books and [...]

Greene and Gold

Here are a couple of images of the Greene and Greene mirror I recently completed. It is standard mortise and tenon construction with Ebony pegs. The wood is 5/4 Honduran Mahogany that worked beautifully.

Phoenix Rising and Prayer Answered

A long lost prodigal brother called me out of nowhere last night to share with me that he is currently off the streets and one year and two months sober. Praise to God for answered prayer as this brother has been on my mind and in my prayers in the past few days. Ask for some [...]

Once Saved, Always Saved

In the course of researching the topic of eternal security, one of the books I read was R.T. Kendall’s Once Saved, Always Saved. Kendall takes a unique position in the spectrum of opinion on this subject, a hybrid theological stance that comes to the conclusion indicated by the title. Once a Christian has been [...]

Holiness

Human holiness, the ability to enjoy the communion of Immanuel, begins with the Lord’s sacrifice. Before that, our only hope lie in the perfect adherence to the law in our hopefully acceptable sacrifices. Hebrews 10 speaks to this moment of change:
Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he [...]

The Year of Immanuel

The name Immanuel is familiar to almost all Christians, though it appears infrequently in the Bible. We first encounter the name in Isaiah 7:14, most recently heard as a part of the Advent readings:
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign; The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, [...]

Eternal Security: The Wesleyan View

To understand Wesley and the doctrines and theology that bear his name, one must keep in mind that in all things, John Wesley is a practical theologian. That is, he is concerned not with theology and the lofty scholastic ruminations that it often devolves into but rather, theology as it affects you and I in [...]