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Three Basic Provisions of Justification
Each month, we will be highlighting a particular theological topic here at the BLB blog. This month, we are highlighting the topic of soteriology—the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ. The following is adapted from the Blue Letter Bible Institute’s soteriology class. Christians are justified before God, in Christ. In Romans 5, we find three basic provisions of this […]
The Special Consequences of Salvation
Each month, we will be highlighting a particular theological topic here at the BLB blog. This month, we are highlighting the topic of soteriology—the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ. The following is adapted from the Blue Letter Bible Institute’s soteriology class. In Hebrews 13:20 it says, “Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our […]
Romans 3 and the Plan of Redemption
Each month, we will be highlighting a particular theological topic here at the BLB blog. This month, we are highlighting the topic of soteriology—the doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ. The following is adapted from the Blue Letter Bible Institute’s soteriology class. Let’s talk about the plan of redemption in Romans 3. For those of you who like […]
God's Sufficiency Is for Godly Living
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually The New Covenant for the Church Today The New Covenant Provided by the Blood […]
The New Covenant Provided by the Blood of Christ
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually The New Covenant for the Church Today — Here is the third provision of […]
The New Covenant Inaugurated for the Church Today
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually —- Though the full fruit of the new covenant still awaits Israel as a […]
The New Covenant Promised to Israel Eventually
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction The New Covenant: What Is It? —– To properly consider the new covenant, we should begin by looking at the promise of it in ages past. In […]
The New Covenant: What is it?
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Previous posts in this series: Series Introduction —– From trusting your own sufficiency to trusting God’s sufficiency The change from trusting one’s own sufficiency to trusting upon God’s sufficiency is a wondrous shift in […]
Godly Living, God’s Sufficiency, and the New Covenant
The following is adapted from Bob Hoestra’s class Living By God’s Sufficiency, available free at the Blue Letter Bible Institute (www.blbi.org). Not many would argue that God has saved us from death by grace (Ephesians 2:4-5). But what about about our growth toward Christlikeness in the Christian life? Is this now up to us? Or […]