The Christian life begins when the Holy Spirit awakens the sinner to the holiness of God, the weight of sin, and the insufficiency of self-righteousness, bringing the soul to repentance and faith in Christ. Far from being avoided, this work of conviction is a necessary mercy, for the good news of grace is only truly understood when we first reckon with the bad news of guilt and judgment.

Through the cross, Jesus became our propitiation—bearing the full wrath of God so that we might be reconciled to Him. His blood satisfied divine justice, turned aside God’s holy anger, and made peace between sinners and a holy God. This is the heart of the gospel.

All true Christian experience must begin with sound doctrine. That is why elders are given the responsibility to “teach sound doctrine and rebuke those who contradict it” (Tit. 1:9).

To become a genuine believer in Jesus Christ, a miracle must happen. You must be born again (John 3:3). The new birth, which comes through the Holy Spirit’s application of the Word of God to our hearts, recalibrates our souls (1 Pet. 1:23).

When I first moved to Raleigh to begin pastoring Capital Community Church in 2019, another pastor in town asked me about my theory of the atonement. I told him that I taught the penal substitutionary view of the atonement.

There is something deeply assuring about the doctrine of eternal security. It teaches the believer to understand that salvation is absolutely certain. It teaches the believer that he possesses Heaven as

The eternal security of the believer is one of the great doctrines of the Christian faith. When understood properly, it provides a balm of comfort and relief to the Christian by knowing that whatever storm

Critical to the Reformation was the recovery of the great doctrine of justification by faith. Martin Luther believed this doctrine was the doctrine on which the Church stands or falls. I will not assume that …