The Christian Gospel

You Can Know More and Trust God Less

Secret knowledge can feel like spiritual growth while training us to fear the world. Christian faith frees us to trust the God who sees what we cannot.

New Creation, Not Finished Creation

How 2 Corinthians 5:17 can call Christians new while transformation and resurrection still lie ahead.

New Creation: God’s Purpose for Humanity in Christ

Adam stands at humanity’s beginning. In union with Christ, God is creating a new humanity and bringing his people toward resurrection life.

The Mind of Christ and the Healing of Our Perspective

Many struggles begin with how we interpret reality. The mind of Christ teaches us to see our fears, desires and suffering under the truth of God’s kingdom.

When God Answers Your Prayer with Dumbbells

We ask God for patience, love and humility. He often answers by giving us people and circumstances where those virtues must be practiced.

Entropy and the God Who Brings Order Out of Chaos

Creation does not heal itself, and neither do we. From Genesis to Pentecost, Scripture reveals the Spirit of God bringing order, life and new creation out of chaos.

The Footprints of the Unseen

Dark matter reminds us that unseen realities can be known by their effects. Colossians takes us further: all things, seen and unseen, hold together in Christ.

Jesus Gave Us His Life

Jesus gave his life for us at the cross, and he gives his risen life to us through union with him. Eternal life is found in the Son because he is our life.

The Solid Bridge: Why Everything Depends on Who Jesus Is

Christian faith depends on who Jesus is. Fully God and fully human, he joins heaven and earth and can bear the full weight of our trust.

Is Our Marriage Bond Broken at Death?

A careful reading of Matthew 22 leaves more room for hope than many grieving Christians have been given. Resurrection brings love to wholeness under the power of God.

Iron Chariots and the Limits of Self-Effort

Judges 1:19 holds together God’s presence and Judah’s limits. The battles that remain may expose where self-effort must give way to deeper trust.

Wild Animals and Empty Space

God promised to clear the land little by little as Israel became able to inhabit it. His slower work in us may guard empty places while new loves and habits take root.

From Enemies to Joy

Romans 5:7–11 shows why salvation rests on what God has already done. The God who reconciled us while we were enemies will carry his work through to joy.

The Knowledge of the Glory of the LORD

Habakkuk promises a world filled with the knowledge of God’s glory. Biblical glory carries weight: the presence of God revealed most fully in the cross and resurrection of Christ.

"In Him" not "Through Him"

Paul says redemption is ours “in Christ.” Ephesians 1:7 points beyond the means of rescue to union with Christ, the place where forgiven life is found.

The Resurrection That Forever Stands Alone

Others were raised before Jesus, but his resurrection stands alone. Christ rose after bearing the world’s sin, opening a new creation no earlier resurrection could begin.

The Lilac and the Vine: Living in the “Now but Not Yet”

A severed vine may cling to a tree even after its root has been cut. Romans 6 gives Christians the same hope: sin may remain present, but its reign has been broken in Christ.

"As a Testimony to Them"

Every person Jesus cleansed had to be examined by a priest. One healed life after another carried the same testimony into the temple: God was acting in their days.

Was Adam Perfect?

Genesis calls Adam good and made in God’s image. Scripture finds humanity’s completed form in Christ, the last Adam who brings us to our intended end.