Category: Commentary
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Four Soils: How Many Believers?
The parable of the sower is one of the most frequently cited passages in debates about salvation, perseverance, and assurance. It is often pressed into service to answer a question it was not designed to address, namely how to distinguish true believers from false ones, or how salvation may be lost or proven by works.…
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The Scroll and the Saviour: Recovering the Treasure of Scripture
Since I became a Christian, I have found one singular source of extreme joy: when God reveals Himself in the Scripture. When I am able to read a passage and connect it to others in the Bible, I experience the miracle of the only God working through time and space, reaching out to show me…
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Who Were They? Clarifying John 8:31–47
The eighth chapter of John’s Gospel contains one of the most misunderstood dialogues in the New Testament. It begins with the beautiful statement, “As He spoke these things, many believed in Him” (John 8:30), but within only a few verses, those who appear to have believed are called liars, murderers, and children of the devil. For centuries,…