Just Some Christian Guy

What is the importance of hearing the word of God? What is the significance (spiritually and linguistically) of believing in Jesus? How do hearing and believing relate to our salvation and what Jesus has done for us on the cross?

Crucifixion - What does it mean to carry your cross? Over the last few episodes, we studied the ways Christ's sacrificial death on the cross saves us. Today, we focus more specifically on the cross and what it means for us to carry our own crosses as we follow Jesus.

What is redemption and adoption? How do these terms relate to one another, to our salvation, and to the work of Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross?

If you've not yet listened to the previous episodes in this series, I encourage you to check out the episodes dealing with the historical evidence for the resurrection, Justification, and Propitiation.

We have several more episodes to follow this one as we continue in our studies on salvation.

What are propitiation and atonement? How do they relate to our salvation and the work Christ completed on the cross? Today's episode is part of a series building upon our episode dedicated to the resurrection of Jesus, as a take a deeper look at how His sacrifice saves us. Stay tuned for more episodes, as none of these concepts should be taken in isolation from the others.

What is justification? How does it connect to God's freely offered salvation? What is it's relationship to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus?

Over the next several episodes I will be sharing the audio files from a sermon series dealing with our salvation as it relates to the work of God and Christ's sacrifice on the cross.

The resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, is THEE good news! Do you know what it is good? Can you defend it? Are you living a resurrected life?

In this episode, we consider the key themes to read for in the book of Deuteronomy. By keeping these themes in mind, we will have a better appreciation for what Moses was teaching the Israelites and why these principles are still relevant for us today as Christians.

God ordering the killing of entire nations is a point skeptics are quick to bring up in an attempt to paint God as an unloving and evil being. Numbers 31 is one of the first explicit examples in the Bible where such an order is given. How can we make sense of the orders given from God in Numbers 31? In this lesson, we look at the greater context of all the events taking place to help us understand why God ordered the Midianites to be destroyed.

The Book of Exodus's big picture – God’s rescue from the bondage of human depravity not just a historical event from the 1400s BC, it is the great metanarrative for all live. It is always man who corrupts and God

In this episode, I share some thoughts about the big-picture themes of the Book of Numbers. While this is an "overview" lesson, I spend the majority of time focusing specifically on chapters 11-12 and some key points we should take from them as we continue reading through the rest of the book.