As eternal truths, justification, sanctification and imputation cannot be separated; yet, looking at imputation in justification is useful for our growth in grace and strengthened walk of faith. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Justification by faith is focused on the cross of Jesus Christ. All that we are as Christians comes by the focus and clarity of the truth of the atoning death of Jesus Christ. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

The blessings of God are from above; they flow from the Cross of Christ because the blessings are spiritual, not carnal; they are heavenly, not earthly; they are eternal, not temporal. Preaching Christ Crucified continues in its series of studies in Romans. View article →

“Strong in faith” means stepping out appropriately based upon what God has said, what He has declared, and what He has promised in His holy Word; yet, at the same time, the term also carries with it another meaning. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Scripture records that Abraham’s loins were dead and that Sarah had reached menopause. This tells us much concerning justification by grace through faith. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Circumcision was a sign and a seal of imputed righteousness by faith, which foreshadowed the sign and seal of the Holy Spirit’s work in salvation by grace through faith. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

The third installment of ‘A Pilgrim’s Ponderings’ has been posted at Preaching Christ Crucified. This series is a doctrinal and devotional commentary on John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. View article →

Abraham’s faith was in Jesus Christ—the Son of God and the second Person of the Trinity—because his faith and trust was in the Word of God, who is the living Word (John 1:1, 14). Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Salvation is by God’s free and sovereign grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone, according to scripture alone, for God’s glory alone. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

When the proclamation of the gospel is attended in your worship services, do the words “impute” and “imputation” rarely ring in your ears? Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in the Book of Romans. View article →

Why is justification by grace such an important matter? Its truth exalts God’s plans, His purposes, and moreover, glorifies His nature and character. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in the study of Romans. View article →

The first of instructions for offerings unto the LORD, YHVH God of Israel, is the burnt offering. The burnt offering is significant in many ways. Preaching Christ Crucified provides a devotional thought from Leviticus 1:1–4. View article →

Although Jesus Christ fulfilled the law, he did not abolish the law. The law is still as holy, good, and just because it comes from a holy, good and just God. Preaching Christ Crucified concludes its study of the third chapter of Romans in its series through this epistle. View article →

Jews, are you saved by God’s grace? Good, then don’t boast. Gentiles, are you saved by grace through faith? Good; likewise, don’t boast. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in the book of Romans. View article →

Is faith inherently within sinful man because man was created by God in His image from the beginning, or did Adam’s fall corrupt the faith of his progeny? Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Israel was delivered from the bondage of Egypt. We are delivered from the bondage of sin. How much more should we give to God of our substance in worship of Him? Preaching Christ Crucified provides a devotional thought from Exodus 35:29. View article →

The second installment of ‘A Pilgrim’s Ponderings’ has been posted at Preaching Christ Crucified. This series is a doctrinal and devotional commentary on John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. View article →

If we could do something ourselves to be justified before a holy God, we would have something wherein to boast; but we can do nothing, and therefore, cannot boast. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in Romans. View article →

“Where is boasting then?” After all Paul had written in the verses preceding Romans 3:27, one might think that there would be no need to ask such a question, yet he does. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series of studies in Romans. View article →

Propitiation is the act of appeasing wrath and winning the favor of an offended person. The truth of propitiation is a most important one for the Christian. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in Romans. View article →

Christ’s finger and His word express both judgment and mercy. In redeeming grace by Jesus Christ, however, mercy rejoices against judgment. Preaching Christ Crucified offers a devotional thought from the Gospel of John. View article →

God’s righteousness was openly displayed in Christ’s person, Christ’s crucifixion, His resurrection power, and in the perfection of His ascension. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in the study of Romans. View article →

A brand new series begins at Preaching Christ Crucified: A Pilgrim’s Ponderings, a doctrinal and devotional commentary on John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. View article →

Romans 3:23 wraps up everything in Paul’s explanation of the corrupt state of the human condition apart from saving faith in Jesus Christ. Preaching Christ Crucified continues its series in Romans. View article →