St. John’s Park Slope

Articles 9-15: Original Sin, Salvation, Justification, Sanctification, etc.

“Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, and unto God what is God’s” isn’t describing two equal kingdoms, one for Caesar and one for God, one for the government and one for the church. Caesars Authority is real, but it’s limited, temporary, and on loan from God. God’s authority has no limit, no end, and answers to no one. God isn’t one power among many. God is all in all…

The Scriptures

If it’s a command, it’s like telling someone to relax...

Article 5: The Holy Spirit

Articles 2,3, and 4. The Son’s rescue mission goes all the way down to our pain — even our death, and brings our nature all the way to the very presence of God.

God is transcendent, and there’s no hidden God behind Jesus…

I know I am.

Jesus isn’t saying forgive 77, 490, or even infinite times, he’s saying put the pencil down…

Matthew 18 is Jesus’s fourth teaching block of the Gospel. What does that mean? That today’s text doesn’t stand alone. This doesn’t take away from it. It just makes it richer, because it’s part of a larger whole.