Life in this world is hard, and opposition is real. But the Christian believer has a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. These trials may test our faith, but real faith will be proved genuine in trial. We who love Jesus have joy in the prospect of his coming. And this joy and this hope have power to sustain us in days of darkness.
If there is a distinction between grace and mercy—it is that God’s mercy speaks of his goodness to us in our misery and distress when we cannot save ourselves, while his grace speaks of his goodness to us in our guilt when we deserve only his punishment. In mercy God spares us destruction—and in grace he forgives us and makes his children, lavishing his kindness upon us.
In the Fall of 2020, following the footsteps of several admired professors at Heritage Theological Seminary, I began my PhD studies at Wycliffe College. In line with North American practice, I devoted the first two years of my program to structured coursework, consisting of small seminars of 10-15 PhD students, led by one to three professors who facilitated in-depth discussions based on extensive readings. As a fresh MDiv grad from Heritage, diving straight into a PhD program at Wycliffe was simultaneously refreshing and challenging. On the one hand, moving into the PhD program felt like the natural continuation of academic...
Here Jesus focuses on our response to his Word—and the eternal implications of that response. We need to avoid false teachers as being very dangerous, we need to bear fruit as a sign of our response to the Word, and we need to be careful to build our lives on the solid and secure foundation of his Word.
Here Jesus focuses on our response to his Word—and the eternal implications of that response. We need to avoid false teachers as being very dangerous, we need to bear fruit as a sign of our response to the Word, and we need to be careful to build our lives on the solid and secure foundation of his Word.
