My new book, Early Christian Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, is now available. From the description: What the world needs today is not a new definition of Christianity, but a present-day demonstration of Christianity. Rather than re-define Christianity to accommodate our present generation, we must re-discover Christianity from the apostolic generation. In this regard,…
Category: Righteousness
Today’s Legalists and Pharisees
Who are Today’s Legalists and Pharisees? Lately, there have been many articles in professing Christian publications which address legalism. And most associate today’s “legalists” (whoever they are) with the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. Because Jesus had the most conflict with the Pharisees in his earthly ministry, we ought to take heed that we are not in their “legalistic”…
Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up – DVD
DVD NOW AVAILABLE. This 90 minute documentary, Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today’s Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity, is a fascinating overview of the early Christians (A.D. 90 – 299): Who they were. How they lived. What they believed. And how the Christianity of that era was lost. This eye-opening…
Is Our Righteousness Filthy Rags?
Jesus said, “I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). Is Jesus telling us that we cannot enter the Kingdom unless we are righteous? But I was always taught that there is none righteous, no not…
Faith & Works – Harmonizing Paul & James
Paul said, “A man is justified by faith,” whereas James said, “A man is justified by works.” These verses have confused many Protestants who have initially found James to be in contradiction with Paul. How do we harmonize Paul and James? We can start by looking at the context of each statement. The Apostle James…