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A fair question. @DaveXR650 has answered very well. Perhaps I can add just a few things more. I think the key text is Romans 3:25-26. 'Whom God set forth as a propitiation.....' A propitiation is a an offering that takes away wrath. Puritan and other writers speak of a 'satisfaction' to...

You are right, of course. This is the deadly danger of basing one's theology on one verse or one chapter and not taking in to account the rest of the Bible. @JonC is very prone to do this. For example, if one reads Acts 2:37-38, it appears that Peter has nothing whatsoever to say about faith...

Beware of what? Of Roman Catholicism? You bet! What seems to be happening in the UK is that many people, having lived their lives without any moorings, have found out that that way of living doesn't really work amd are looking for something with authority to cling to. Unfortunately some of...

I don't think that's so. Acts 2:21. 'And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' The calling on the name of the Lord comes first, then the salvation. But nor I do believe that dead people can believe, or, indeed, do anything else. God must first open the eyes of a sinner...

Surely the essence of discipleship is obeying the Lord's commands (Matt. 28:19; Luke 22:19)? The Quaker meeting house in Exmouth UK is the most liberal 'church' in the town, which is saying something. Whether or not they are growing, I am not aware. So far as I can discern, the growing...

I don't think I do. So the entire New Testament, since it is in Greek, is useless in understanding the atonement. Is that what you're saying? Now the word that you are being so precious about is nepes or nephesh (Strongs 5315 in case anyone is interested). In appears almost 800 times in the...

I think perhaps you ought to make up your mind. Leviticus 17:11. 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.' Hebrews 9:22. 'And according to the law almost all...

i Samuel 16:7. 'For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.' Having written that, I regret that so many Pastors today dress like yobs in the pulpit. If speakers want people to listen to them, I think they would do well to look resectable. Whenever I preach, I...

I'm not sure that 'the soul that sins shall die' is a secular judicial philosophy. The good news is that the Lord Jesus has willingly taken upon Himself our sins and the punishment due to us (Isaiah 53:5 etc.) and that as a result we are indeed reconciled to God (Romans 5:6-9).

I have never made a comparison between the use of italics in the KJV and NKJV, but I do know that there are differences. For example: 1 John 2:2, KJV. 'And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world.' 1 John 2:2, NKJV. 'And He is the...

I fully agree. The idea that PSA is God collecting a debt is a false theory. Christ has reconciled us to God by satisfying His justice (Romans 3:26; 2 Cor. 5:19-21), but it is God's love that sent Him to do so (John 3:16; Romans 5:6-8).

I will add that in addition to reading through the Bible, it's a good idea to take a book or a portion of Scripture and study it in depth, perhaps with the help of a commemtary.

I have been following a reading plan for about 30 years. I read about 2-3 chapters of the O.T. and one chapter of the N.T, every day. and it takes me through the whole Bible in a year. There is a good plan, developed by Robert Murray M'Cheyne, a Scottish Presbyterian, which will take you...

3. The most unusual or ridiculous reading- the one that makes least sense- is most likely to be the original. This is the theory that I find most offensive of all. The idea is that a reading that appears to make no sense, or contains a factual error, is likely to have been ‘corrected’ by a...

I prefer the NKJV: partly because it keeps to the KJV with its smoother readings quite a bit, partly because it italicizes words added to the text, which can be helpful in certain places and partly because I have more confidence in the Majority Text than in the Critical Text as I shall try to...

In August 2024, I went into a shop to buy a new swimming aid for my little grandson. I wasn't sure where to find such a thing, but I saw a sign for "seasonal goods" and thought I might find it there. When I got there, it was full of Christmas stuff. In AUGUST!! I often think that today's...

I agree. For a politician to become a Christian is a great thing, and we should be prqaying for that. For a Christian to become a politician....... maybe not so good; it may draw him away from Christ into the world.

A few quotations from the 17th Century to back up my understanding that the New Covenant is unconditional. First, John Owen. A covenant properly is a compact or agreement on certain terms mutually stipulated by two or more parties. As promises are the foundation and rise of it, as it is...

Somehow I seem to have missed this thread. I was brought up in a nominally Christian home. I did not go to church and was entirely ignorant of Arminius and Calvin. I was saved at the age of 39 at a church that was evangelistic but rather doctrine-lite. I guess it was Arimian in its doctrine...

Our goal is to obey the Great Commission. "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go THEREFORE and make disciples of all the nations......" It is precisely because God is sovereign, and the Holy Spirit convinces people to come to the Lord that we are to go. See Luke...