The wise old apostle is bent over the desk as he scrawls the final words of his letter in the gathering darkness. "O Timothy," (the words are warm, but solemn) "guard the deposit entrusted to you."1 If there is one passion that should be characteristic of every single believer, it
Australia's T. C. Hammond, principal of Moore Theological College in the middle of the twentieth century, had this to say of the atonement: If the student has insufficient time for an attempt to master the other important sections of Christian Doctrine, let him, at least, have a firm grasp of
If I had to sum up propitiation in one word, it would be "satisfaction." In propitiation, the wrath of God is satisfied. An angry God We may underestimate the importance of propitiation until we have a proper estimate of the wrath of God against sinners. The Scripture teaches that God
The word "impute" means to credit, attribute, or assign. In imputation, something is assigned to something else. The Christian doctrine of imputation is closely tied to the atonement and to justification. The atonement is the value that is assigned. Justification is the result of that assignment.1 In a sense, imputation
To justify is to defend as right... or just. Justification, then, has to do with the means by which we who are anything but just, are declared by God to be just. We the unjust The reason justification is necessary is that we are not just and we cannot be
If you've ever played paintball, you're probably familiar with the idea of regeneration.1 After a player has "died," he must make his way to the "dead zone." After a set time has passed, he is regenerated and may re-enter the field of play. Spiritual zombies In order to understand why
