Thoughts about Romans 3 Romans 3:28 has to be read with the whole chapter. Because we cannot boast anything of ourselves, due to (a) Law, (b) our inability to keep the Law, and (c) the mercy and grace of God saving us from the unmitigated consequences of that, boasting “is excluded”. Not “by works”, but … Continue reading Justified by Faith
‘As we increase our faith in Christ, we receive light in intensifying measure until it dispels all darkness that might gather around us. “That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day”‘. Continue reading “Light Cleaveth Unto Light”
When I was 22, I left home to serve a full-time mission in French Polynesia. I went first to the Missionary Training Centre in Utah, USA, where I improved my French skills and learnt the basics of Tahitian, and how to teach the Gospel in both of those languages. Serving a mission was the hardest … Continue reading More than you know is possible
There’s an ongoing argument between some Christian traditions about whether ‘faith’ or ‘works’ is what saves a person. I see in this an example of what Hugh Nibley taught about the things that Satan gets people to argue about, thinking they are the important matters, while the thing of real importance is ignored. It is … Continue reading The false dichotomy of faith and works
Have you ever thought about whether you could have done what our Saviour did in Gethsemane and on the cross? In a Sunday School class earlier this year, while discussing the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we considered questions like, ‘Would you do what the Saviour did? Would you suffer these things for everyone on earth?’ … Continue reading Our Only Hope
Peaceable Treasures 