Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of... →
Tullian Tchividjian
Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. That's not a typo. The Bible is a... →
Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.
Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have.
Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've... →
To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's... →
Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.
Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.
The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.