No One Just Forgives
- March 27, 2019
- by
- Chris Lawson
If God is as all-powerful, all good, and as all-loving I suggest, why couldn’t God just forgive?
Payment for sin – really? Seems beneath God to insist on a penalty for the sins of people who had no choice but to sin. Maybe even cruel. If this god is really THE God couldn’t God just forgive?
Here is an important truth: No One EVER Just Forgives.
Tim Keller says, “No one can just forgive. Whenever there sin there is a loss and a cost. Whenever you commit a wrong against someone, there is a loss and...
Bite Size Theology Update
- March 25, 2019
- by
- Sage Blalock
It’s been about three weeks since Bite Size Theology’s move towards greater transparency began (the only thing we were actually not telling people was...
To Know God is to Love Him
- March 17, 2019
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
[This is Part 3 of a larger piece entitled, “An Inquiry into The Incompatibility of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a Religious, Performance-Based...
The Gospel Changes Your Mind
- March 10, 2019
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
[This is Part 2 of a larger piece entitled, “An Inquiry into The Incompatibility of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a Religious, Performance-Based...
Can You Earn the Gospel of Jesus?
- March 03, 2019
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
[This is Part 1 of a larger piece entitled, “An Inquiry into The Incompatibility of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a Religious, Performance-Based...
Jesus and the Mystery Religions
- January 14, 2019
- by
- Sage Blalock
Over the course of the last century, some scholars have presented evidence that they believe shows that early first-century Christians, specifically Greek converts and...
Works and Faith in Galatians
- December 03, 2018
- by
- Sage Blalock
In my reading of Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, the conflict that most interests me is the confrontation between those who see faith in...
Longing for Home
- November 14, 2018
- by
- Meg Rodriguez
I just want to go home.
It’s a thought that has crossed my mind recently more often than I would have expected. My husband and...
Creating Space in Silence for God to Speak
- November 06, 2018
- by
- Rachel Dawson
A few weeks ago, I turned the radio in my car off. I think it was an annoying commercial that I was hearing for...
A Reason to Trust
- October 21, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
In times of crisis, in moments of uncertainty, amidst chaos, where do you turn? And, how do you turn? “I trust in God,” we...