2023 was a fun year. Our third daughter was born in April, and I preached through Hebrews in less than a year. Both have been inexpressible blessings, yet the Lord has used both to set my hip out of joint, leaving me with a metaphorical limp to remember this year’s wrestlings. I do have a …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pYqBYN6YUbGnTHelawztG?si=suF8O04_Rsap8rhx-Aq04w When it comes to our own eternal destinations, there is no question that is more important than this one. Of course, many previous questions are more foundational than this one, and it cannot properly be understood without them. Yet when it comes to each persons immortal soul and future resurrection to either life everlasting …
1. Providence | John Piper Although I began reading this behemoth of a book last year, I completed it this year. But really the content, more than the page-count, demands that this book be read carefully and prayerfully. Piper tackles deep theological matters with the heart and skill of someone seasoned by decades of pastoral …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hRCAxXkkZlMCXSGyna21r?si=7_iGsLchReye1iT6_k1Mww Having previously clarified that not all who are lost through Adam will be saved through Christ, we must now address what will become of those who are not united to Christ by faith. Although God will continuously display His common grace to those who reject His Son in this life, that grace will not …
Continue reading Question 28: What Happens After Death to Those Not United to Christ by Faith?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/03pIi4rYQBySIPcu7nZsnz?si=IjtELoQVTMWna48t5khVUg Since Christ's atoning sacrifice is entirely sufficient to forgive all the sins of all people and since Christ will surely redeem the entire cosmos, this question is a necessary one to ask: Are all people, just as they were lost in Adam, saved through Christ? The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G5Hg7b4JXHLQUjbBNhd8h?si=FjFwkJ8vQeq6ExKykyA6ng Although the Fall was the great tragedy of the cosmos, God did not fail to show grace even then. After giving us the account of the Fall, Genesis 3 quickly moves into Yahweh's pronouncement of judgment upon the man, woman, and serpent. He first curses the serpent with eating dust and a life of …
Continue reading Question 26: What Else Does Christ’s Death Redeem?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ctSMlNIWZs8IJpQshCJ6l?si=ye1YZ0AJS9CrWFF0lNx-Sw Having addressed the necessity of Christ’s death in the previous question, our present question now considers the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrificial and atoning death. Does Christ’s death mean all our sins can be forgiven? The answer to this question is what makes the gospel good news. Yes, because Christ’s death on the cross fully …
Continue reading Question 25: Does Christ’s Death Mean All Our Sins Can Be Forgiven?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cIpqS2UXw0wXk04MRnORg?si=jlzwEp4rR9WKZASlc4tTYw Was the cross really necessary? Behind this question lies the necessity of atonement, which is the idea of repairing or satisfying a wrong that has been committed. While church history has produced numerous theories for how Christ’s suffering and death atoned for our sins, all Christians must agree that Jesus did atone for our …
Continue reading Question 24: Why Was It Necessary for Christ the Redeemer to Die?
With the season of Advent quickly approaching, I will be giving away two Advent devotionals. The first is my own, and the second is Jonathan Gibson's Advent follow-up to Be Thou My Vision called O Come, O Come Emmanuel, which I am overjoyed to be using this year here at the Newton household! All you …
Few books of the Bible puzzle Christians as much as Revelation. Max Doner's two volume collection of sermons aims to help believers make sense of Revelation so that it can be read for the book of encouragement and comfort that it is (Doner is also offering it free to pastors!). While I am only about …
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