The Ten Commandments can be challenging at best in this “New Testament era” Do they apply or not? Today on Abounding Grace Pastor Chris Gordon gives us a look at the first commandment and why it is important for us to obey this first and foremost commandment. Continue reading
Law and Gospel Archive
Abounding Grace – The First Commandment; None beside Me Exodus 20:1; 1 Kings 18:20-40 part 1
The Law of God, specifically the 10 commandments.as we begin this series we do so with the first command, No other gods before Me. Continue reading
Abounding Grace – Israel goes under the law part 2 Exodus 19:9-25 part 2
The law of God. What it is and what it’s purpose is will be the subject of this weeks programs on Abounding Grace. Continue reading
Abounding Grace – Israel goes under the law part 2 Exodus 19:9-25 part 1
The law of God. What it is and what it’s purpose is will be the subject of this weeks programs on Abounding Grace. Continue reading
Abounding Grace – Israel goes under the law part 1 Exodus 19:1-8 part 2
The law of God. What it is and what it’s purpose is will be the subject of this weeks programs on Abounding Grace. Continue reading
Abounding Grace – Israel goes under the law part 1 Exodus 19:1-8 part 1
The law of God. What it is and what it’s purpose is will be the subject of this weeks programs on Abounding Grace. Continue reading
In Studio: What is Preaching
What is preaching? why preach? How is it different and how should it be different? in our Friday in studio edition of Abounding Grace Pastor Chris lays out what preaching should look like, sound like and to what end.
We Distinguish…(Part 4) — Law/Gospel
In this series, we’re surveying some of the most important Reformed theological distinctions. These are not irrelevant or minor points of theology. Rather, these are distinctions where, if you get. . . Continue reading
The Gospel According To Jesus, Grace, Salvation, And Sanctification
Since the 1970s and 80s the Dispensational-evangelical world has been involved in a running controversy over “the Lordship of Christ.” On one side are those Dispensationalists allied with Lewis Sperry. . . Continue reading
Charlie Starkweather: Depravity, Dystopia, And The Death Penalty In The Heart Of America
On this date in 1959 the state of Nebraska executed the death sentence upon Charles Starkweather, an admitted, notorious spree killer and mass murderer. Certainly, when “Charlie” (as he was known) was captured after a shootout in Douglas, Wyoming there was little doubt and by the end of his trial it was certain that he had committed a shocking and brutal series of murders in and around what was then a sleepy college town and state capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. The only real question that remained through the trial, which persists to this day, is whether Caril Ann Fugate, whose family Charlie murdered, accompanied him willingly during his spree, whether she cooperated in or even committed some of the murders, or whether she was a hostage (as she later claimed) and suffered from Stockholm Syndrome. Continue reading