I find the first words of Romans 9 humorous in a sense, as if Paul knew way back then that two thousand years later we would have the same struggle to fully understand what it means ourselves.  Paul writes, “I speak the truth in Christ – I am not lying.”   That statement does not seem […]

Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 In John 3 we read of a wise old ruler by the name of Nicodemus who came to Jesus by night. The conversation they had is perhaps one of the […]

The Heidelberg Catechism’s doctrine of the Holy Spirit is most expansively taught in His work upon the Christian. From the beginning of our new life to our goal of eternity, and at every step in between in the ordo salutis, the Holy Spirit is central to our Christian life. In this we see that the […]