Tag: salvation
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The Romans Road
We dropped Olivia off at the airport yesterday morning. She is en route to Mongolia as we speak. She is currently at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea. She lands in Mongolia about 3 pm our time. Her journey to ride in this Mongol Derby has been a multi-year, multi-dollar, multi-person effort. Pretty much…
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Romans 9:30-10—Righteous by Faith Alone
Last week in our study of Romans, we left off most of the way through chapter 9. In the first part of Paul’s letter, he describes the beauty of the Gospel message. What is that message? God loves the world so much that He sent His one and only Son, Jesus, to die on the…
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Free to Serve New—Romans 6:15-23
This was the headline from a newscast on April 8, 2019: “Lion Attacks Trainer During Performance in Ukraine” I would like you to watch this video clip and then think about all the things that are wrong here. It’s only 30 seconds, but after seeing this, I have some questions. (play “Lion Tamer” video) I…
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The Gospel Unveiled—The Solution to Original Sin
On August 6, 1945, one man, Harry Truman, ordered the atomic bomb dropped over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The death, the devastation, and the destruction that followed that event were unparalleled in history. The atomic bomb changed the entire course of geo-political events, as every building within 4.7 miles of the epicenter was leveled…
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The Gospel Unveiled—Abraham’s Faith—Romans 4
Paul says to the church, “You are not justified (or made righteous) by what you do, but by faith (or belief) alone in Jesus.” This is a radical statement for both Jews and Gentiles in the church in Rome. This idea is counter-cultural in many ways. Justification means being declared righteous—as though we never sinned…
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The Gospel Unveiled—God Justifies Sinners
Several years ago, I went to school to learn how to shoe horses. Part of learning the art of farrier work is learning how to forge horseshoes from a piece of bar stock, a plain piece of straight steel. Some math is involved in determining how much steel you use, then use a forge to…
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The Gospel Unveiled—The Universality of Sin
Do you parents remember the moment your first child was born? Do you remember how helpless they were at that moment? They needed you for everything. Their survival was dependent upon you. Paul is setting up his Jewish readers to understand where true righteousness comes from. His point will be that righteousness doesn’t come from…
Chris Hankel 