Your Worldview Minute With Jonathan Morrow

Christians can ask the hard questions. Questioning the Bible isn’t always comfortable. In fact, it can be downright scary. If we dig underneath “because the Bible says so” what will we find? Have we based our lives on a bunch of fairytales? How we view the Bible is no small matter. A lot is at stake...

What is Substitutionary Atonement? When it comes to understanding the Christian faith, there aren’t many ideas more central to grasp than this one. Those words can sound intimidating, so let’s break them down. To “substitute” is to stand in the place of or take the place of. To “atone for” is a multifaceted biblical term which means to “cover”, “forgive”, and “reconcile.”This is the heart of the Gospel. Jesus died in my place, as my substitute, for my sins. Peter, who saw Jesus raised from the dead, described...

How were people saved in the Old Testament? That’s a good question and one that many of us wonder about. Was it by good works or was it by faith? Here’s the big picture. When we look at the Scriptures, this is the pattern that emerges. Salvation is always…Offered by the grace of GodBased on the atoning death of Jesus ChristReceived by the exercise of faith applied by the work of the Holy Spirit until the time of Christ...

The Christian life is active not passive. It’s so easy to start letting life happen to us. There’s so much to do. Information to process. schedules to manage. Emails to check. Laundry to fold, Practices to get to and homework to be done. The pace is crazy. If we’re not careful, we can become passive observers in our own lives. Here’s the problem: If we’re passive, then we’ll not be able to do all that God has called us to do...