When I was a kid and we were playing games, we had a saying for when one person excelled in an action over someone's counter-action. We would say the losing player "got owned" by the prevailing player. I can tell you, no one wanted to get "owned." It was embarrassing, disappointing, undesirable. Given that we...
Romans 1:1 (ESV) 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God . . . In only eighteen words in the English text of Romans 1:1 the apostle Paul summarizes his whole life. Those eighteen words can be further condensed to four (three in the Greek...
It is one thing to tell someone how to become a Christian. It is another thing to explain to someone how to be a Christian. The first is a presentation of the gospel and a call to faith in Christ. The latter is a lifelong series of intentional teaching and intervention the Bible refers to...
Freedom is no alien concept to the word of God. Jesus said, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32 (ESV) and So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:36 (ESV). In the city of Pisidian...