Crucial Principles to Dicipher the Scriptures

https://www.crossway.org/articles/6-habits-for-successful-bible-study/ In some ways the bible is coded and ambiguous. The bible even tells us that this obscurity is purposeful for several reasons, of which I will mention 1 Cor. 2.14: The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit (NIV). … Continue reading Crucial Principles to Dicipher the Scriptures

Battle of the Sexes: Fire and Ice or the Spirit’s Fruit?

https://www.jvfesko.com/blog/2025/2/10/fire-and-ice-the-danger-of-indifference-in-marriage But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other (Gal. 5.22-26 NIV) Continue reading Battle of the Sexes: Fire and Ice or the Spirit’s Fruit?

Christ’s Vindication by the Spirit and Our Union with Jesus-A New Covenant

https://www.crossway.org/articles/the-doctrines-of-justification-and-union-with-christ-illuminate-one-another/ Jeremiah 31.31-34 promise to eradicate the Old Covenant by a better priesthood and law where all the members “know” the Lord, is set forth by the redemptive acts described in the text of the New Testament’s doctrines of vindication of Christ by the Spirit and our union with Him. Continue reading Christ’s Vindication by the Spirit and Our Union with Jesus-A New Covenant

Do We “Give” or “Receive” When Taking the Lord’s Supper?

https://www.crossway.org/articles/is-the-lords-supper-jesuss-actual-body-and-blood-1-corinthians/ “Remembering” and “proclaiming” are what the scriptures instruct when observing the rite. Christians preach not themselves but Christ. Remembering Him, is an act that focuses on Christ and not ourselves. Since the elements are symbolic, the partakers of the rite are pointing to greater realities that have changed their lives and are testifying to these blessings. Continue reading Do We “Give” or “Receive” When Taking the Lord’s Supper?