The apostle Paul, who beyond all others is the exponent of grace and redemption, never disassociates God’s grace from God’s crucified Son. Always in his […]

Mercy means I am so deeply grateful for the forgiveness I have received that I cannot help offering you the same.

You don’t realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

Jesus shows us God’s agenda for change. God isn’t interested in making us religious. Think of Jesus, who was hated by religious people. God isn’t […]

‘Come unto me,’ he says, ‘and I will give you.’ You say, ‘Lord, I cannot give you anything.’ He does not want anything. Come to Jesus, and he says, […]

The Lord Jesus came into this world not primarily to say something, not even to be something, but to do something; He came not merely […]

Many persons hold up their hands in amazement at our assertion that Jesus was not a Christian, while we in turn regard it as the […]

Will you trust the grace of the Gospel and quit frantically seeking what you have already been given in Christ?

A life-shaping celebration of God’s grace is only ever born out of one thing; a deep sense of profound personal need.

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17). When you […]

God saw Abraham’s sacrifice and said, ‘Now I know that you love me, because you did not withhold your only son from me’ [Gen. 22:12]. […]

It had gone on for three years. Three years of patiently teaching and doing good, with only misunderstanding and hostility in return. He was tempted […]

There may be some foul spot in our lives; the kind of thing that the world never forgives, the kind of thing, at any rate, […]

Is God for us, despite our sin? Joyfully the Christian answers, ‘Yes.’ But why is He for us? Simple indeed is the Christian answer to […]

The one antithesis of all the ages is that between the rival formulae: Do this and Live, and, Live and do this; Do and be […]

Jesus has enough righteousness to spread it out and cover of ALL our sins. 33 years of perfection is enough to clothe us all in it!

Christ is our best friend, and ere long will be our only friend. I pray God with all my heart that I may be weary […]

Every time we look at the cross Christ seems to say to us, ‘I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, […]

When we go to the cross, we see our God dying for us. If you let any other god down, it will beat you up. […]

We rise from the Bible — I think we can say it without irreverence — with a knowledge of the character of God. There is […]

If we have regarded religion merely as a means of getting things — even lofty and unselfish things — then when the things that have […]

Jesus shares in human ‘flesh and blood’ so that he might deliver those who ‘through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery (Heb. 2:14–15). […]

Think much of the Savior’s suffering for you on that dreadful cross, think much of your sin that provoked such suffering, and then enter by […]

The new life in Christ, just like all natural life, must be nourished and strengthened. This is possible only in communion with Christ in the […]

When Christ had once undertaken with God, to stand for us, and put himself under our law, by that law he was obliged to suffer, […]

There is no end to this glorious message of the cross, for there is always something new and fresh and entrancing and moving and uplifting […]

Put simply, the Christian story unravels unless God brings the entire course of human history under His visible and perfect judgment, unless God’s justice is […]

God’s eternal Son became Jesus the Christ by incarnation; to put away our sins he tasted death by crucifixion; he resumed bodily life for all […]

When confronted, how active is your ‘inner lawyer,’ arguing in your defense? Or can you listen because Christ is your only defense?

Every failure opens new doors for the gospel.