What Are the Means of Grace?

What is the primary way God sanctifies Christians? Is it through spiritual disciplines? In this episode, we provide a simple answer to a fundamental question: What are the means of Grace, and how does God use them to sanctify us?

Finding Hope in Depression

I do not write this to give you tips on how to stop being depressed. I remember in my own struggle searching for answers and coming up empty. Rather, what I’d like to offer instead are two truths that I hope anchor you in the midst of your own “dark night of the soul.”

Legal Preaching (Transcript)

In this episode, Jon and Justin discuss legal preaching. This kind of preaching tends to remove hope and establish fear. It tends to turn every passage of Scripture into law. It tends to focus on how people are not measuring up. We point out the prevalence of legal preaching and offer some correctives.

Legal Preaching

In this episode, Jon and Justin discuss legal preaching. This kind of preaching tends to remove hope and establish fear. It tends to turn every passage of Scripture into law. It tends to focus on how people are not measuring up. We point out the prevalence of legal preaching and offer some correctives.

How Long, Oh Lord?

The question, “How long, O Lord?” has been asked by saints for millennia. It is littered throughout the psalter (6, 13, 35, 79, 80, 89, 90, 94) from the pens of David, Asaph, and Moses. There are the wrestlings of Asaph in Psalms 73 and 77. Then, there is Psalm 88, which begins and ends in darkness—while acknowledging the Lord is the God of our salvation. God’s people have repeatedly cried out to him, “Lord, how long will it be like this?”

Jesus: Our Passover Lamb

From sundown yesterday to sundown today is Passover. (Note: For an additional seven days after Passover, the Jews were not to eat any leavened bread. The eight days together—beginning with Passover—were referred to as the Feast of Unleavened Bread. In modern Jewish vernacular, the eight days are often all referred to as Passover.)

Preaching [About] the Gospel (Transcript)

In this episode, Jon and Justin discuss preaching [about] the gospel. It’s been our observation that guys will get fired up about preaching the gospel, they will give the facts of the gospel, and talk a lot about the gospel–without ever offering Jesus to sinners and heralding the grace of God in Christ.

Preaching [About] the Gospel

In this episode, Jon and Justin discuss preaching [about] the gospel. It’s been our observation that guys will get fired up about preaching the gospel, they will give the facts of the gospel, and talk a lot about the gospel–without ever offering Jesus to sinners and heralding the grace of God in Christ.

Where Is God In COVID19?

It is fair to say that all humans struggle with the problem of evil. If God is sovereign, why doesn’t he remove all the evil in this world? Why did he allow it in the first place? Can God truly be good if he has the power to stop evil but doesn’t? The harder you try to answer these questions, the more confused you will become. For thousands of years, humanity has wrestled with these questions.

Proverbs: Where is Jesus? (Transcript)

In this episode, Jon and Justin talk about Proverbs. It’s one of the most-read books in the Bible, but honestly, many of us don’t know what to do with it. Is Jesus in Proverbs? How do we understand and apply the book?

Proverbs: Where Is Jesus?

In this episode, Jon and Justin talk about Proverbs. It’s one of the most-read books in the Bible, but honestly, many of us don’t know what to do with it. Is Jesus in Proverbs? How do we understand and apply the book?