"I asked Jesus to save me, but nothing happened." Peter Jeffery answers a frustration common among those raised in the church — showing why salvation rests on God's promise received by faith, not on the feelings we expected to accompany it.
Understanding Biblical Conversion: A Balanced Approach
Is conversion a decision you make, or something you wait passively for God to do? Clearing away two common misunderstandings, this essay holds together what Scripture joins: God effectually calls, and we truly respond.
Got Assurance? Read Luther on Galatians
Luther's commentary on Galatians as balm for the troubled conscience. The heart of his counsel: there is a vast difference between feeling forgiven and being forgiven — assurance rests on Christ's grasp of us, not our grasp of Him.
Tim Conway – When Calvinism Goes Bad
Tim Conway's 2014 series makes the case for a warm, Christ-exalting Calvinism against its soul-destroying hyper-Calvinist counterfeit. An introduction and gateway to the full transcripts, on a Savior most willing and most able to save.
Hypercalvinistic Responses to Arminianism – Part 1
The first in a series from Tanis and Greendyk on how hyper-Calvinist errors take root and what they cost. A call back to doctrinal, experiential preaching for the many who stand near the narrow gate but dare not enter in.
Baptism – what, how, who, when?
What is baptism, what does it picture, how should it be done, and who is it for? A clear, Scripture-saturated sermon (Jim Osman, via Justin Peters) on baptism as the picture of being buried and raised with Christ.
What does it mean to choose for Jesus?
Alexander Comrie's old Dutch classic describes saving faith as a "choosing." An excerpt unfolding what it means to choose Christ — not a casual decision, but the deliberate act of a heart drawn by grace.