Holiness is central to the Christian understanding of the gospel because the gospel begins with God, not with us. In this article, Timothy Tennent describes faulty ways of understanding the attributes of God and then proposes a way that rightly understands them as an integrated whole in His person.
What is a sacrament and why do Christians celebrate them, besides the obvious fact that Jesus told us to? In this article, Timothy Tennent introduces Christian baptism and the Lord’s supper, and explains their significance in a way that anyone can understand.
Islamaphobia is real and has expressed itself in recent Christian publications in ways that simply don’t reflect the heart of the gospel. Drawing on the example of Raymond Lull, who lived through the Crusades, Timothy Tennent puts forth a proper Christian response to radical Islam like that of ISIS.
The decline of the Church in the West is closely paralleled by a decline in biblical literacy and vocabulary. In this article, Timothy Tennent offers 11 examples of how popular culture has strikingly different meanings from the biblical meanings of common Christian words.
Her question about, “Will you heal my daughter?” really is a big question, isn’t it? It’s not simply about her daughter. It’s a bigger question? Will you heal Gentiles? Will the gospel flow to us? Is the grace of God for us? This is the question she is asking.
Pope Francis created quite a stir recently when he made the statement, “The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone!” In this post, Timothy Tennent addresses how the Pope’s statement can be viewed through the lens of Reformed theology, Wesleyan theology, and Christocentric universalism.
Eternal life is not the end of something, but the beginning of the positive work of building a world which is centered on God’s glory. Since the Fall even our best work has been focused on redeeming a lost world and responding to the brokenness of the world. However, in the New Creation we will no longer live in a lost, broken, and fallen world.
We often downplay the Scriptures about God’s judgment or relegate the topic to the God of the Old Testament. However, this is not how the Bible portrays the theme of God’s judgment. Rather, the judgment of God is the final vindication of God’s righteousness.
Christians believe in a bodily resurrection, we do not believe simply in a spiritual state where our souls live forever. Christianity affirms that that our entire life is being redeemed, which includes our bodies, our minds, our souls, and our spirits.
All four of the Gospels conclude with Jesus giving a final commission to his disciples. These commissions are all given by Jesus Christ after the resurrection. They are given at different times and places throughout the forty days between his resurrection and his ascension.
There is no more popular single word which summarizes the Christian faith than the word “gospel.” It comes from a word in the New Testament which means “the good message” or “the good news.”
Since prayer is such a central part of Christian life and faith, a number of special questions arise related to prayer which deserve special attention. Put simply, why do we pray and what role does prayer play in the larger work of God in the world?
