The Demands of the Gospel: Grace That Leads to Obedience Recently, I received a comment on one of my articles that said, “The gospel has no demands.” That statement reflects a growing confusion among Christians today, especially about the relationship between what Christ has done and how we are called to live. Many Christians are […]
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Living in Light of the Risen Christ: Holy Longing and the Christian Life By Chris Poblete What does it look like to live in light of the risen Christ? For many believers, the Christian life is often misunderstood as either striving for spiritual success or settling into complacency. Yet Scripture presents something far deeper: a
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Fear of being accused of legalism has, in some circles of Evangelicalism, led to decreasing calls for personal holiness. This is, I believe, particularly true among younger Christians. Many of them have grown up in a form of hyper-fundamentalism that was marked by all sorts of legalism. One can appreciate, then, and even applaud their
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Without any trace of shame, my friend turned on his barstool, looked me in the eyes, and said, “I regret not having had sex before I got married. I only know what it’s like to have sex with one woman and feel like I’m missing out.” In the aftermath of his confession, as I attempted
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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Zach Schlegel discuss the fear of God and the fear of man, using social media, growing in grace, and the local church, along with his book, Fearing Others: Putting God First (P&R, 2019). What you’ll hear in this episode What the fear of God is.
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To download or view the the issue as a PDF please click on: Sinners In The Hands Of A Merciful God Sin is a concept that is by and large discounted and even neglected in the Church. Not that many Pastors don’t preach on it—they do—it’s more that sin is an uncomfortable topic to talk
Over the past month of February, we’ve considered the topic of Holiness here at Servants of Grace. As we’ve looked at this topic, I’ve received a number of email’s and responses to this series in particular on how helpful it was. I appreciate those comments. We aim with each series to be biblical, personal, and
Editors note: The purpose of this series is to help our readers think through what holiness is, and how to reflect the holiness of God through Christ in a sinful world. Chris Poblete shares David Brainerd’s thoughts on longing for holiness. C. Walter wrote on the beauty of holiness. Brian shared directions to walking with
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