Unequally Evil
We find comfort in a God of mercy who punishes us infinitely less than our sins deserve....
Keep ReadingMay 18, 2021 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Judgment, Evil, Sin, Catechism, Punishment
We find comfort in a God of mercy who punishes us infinitely less than our sins deserve....
Keep ReadingJanuary 5, 2021 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Ten Commandments, Sabbath, Catechism, Holidays
Keeping a weekly Sabbath just might be the gift of grace we desperately need....
Keep ReadingOctober 13, 2020 by Ben Janssen | Tags: idolatry, Ten Commandments, Catechism
God sees the idols of our heart and will tolerate no rival. He loves us too much to do that....
Keep ReadingSeptember 22, 2020 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Ten Commandments, Catechism, Theism
How good it is for God to require us to have as our God nothing less than the best....
Keep ReadingSeptember 21, 2020 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Love, Ten Commandments, Catechism
The Ten Commandments require a love that will inevitably lead to their fulfillment....
Keep ReadingSeptember 21, 2020 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Ten Commandments, Catechism
The power we need to see real change take place in our lives is the assurance that God’s love for us is secure....
Keep ReadingSeptember 1, 2020 by Ben Janssen | Tags: law, obedience, Catechism
God requires an obedience that is unachievable without the Savior....
Keep ReadingNovember 4, 2019 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Catechism, Baptism
The church ought to baptize only those who profess faith and are unbreakable members of the new covenant....
Keep ReadingSeptember 10, 2019 by Billy Mashburn | Tags: Faith, Catechism
Because it is God who gives us saving faith, we can truly rest on him alone for salvation....
Keep ReadingNovember 26, 2018 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Morality, Sin, Catechism, Motives
Even if we are externally doing the “right things,” we might find sin lurking in the motives and attitudes of the heart....
Keep ReadingOctober 4, 2018 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Catechism, Doctrine, Trinity, Nature of God
The doctrine of the Trinity is mind-blowing, but it is essential that Christians know the doctrine well....
Keep ReadingSeptember 18, 2018 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Bible, Catechism
Our disbelief and disobedience ends up teaching us the most glorious truths we must believe about God....
Keep ReadingSeptember 11, 2018 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Bible, Catechism, Apologetics
Before we can appeal to the Bible's teaching or ethics, we need to ask and answer this important question: How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God? ...
Keep ReadingAugust 16, 2018 by Ben Janssen | Tags: Theology, Catechism
Because God is the first and best of beings, we either live in this reality or live in a fantasy....
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