Fighter Verses

The same man who wrote the verses above also wrote, “by grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God, not a result of works.”[1] So why do we need to work out our salvation when works do not save us? Because though we are saved by God’s unconditional electing grace[2] through [...]

To see just how breathtaking this statement really is, we must understand what Paul has in mind here. He is quoting the Lord speaking through the Prophet Isaiah: Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn; from [...]

What did it mean for Jesus to humble himself? We must simply admit that this is beyond us. Of course it was humbling for the Lord of glory, who created all things, to become part of the creation. He became “for a little while lower than the angels” and lived 30 years unrecognized by anyone [...]

What a simple command: “have this mind.” But nothing is harder for fallen human beings like you and me than to make ourselves nothing. Our Mind We are like Jesus’ disciples who, just hours before deserting him at Gethsemane, engaged in a debate over which of them was the greatest. We think more highly of [...]