Before the arrival of modern combine harvesters, a threshing board served to separate the desired harvest from the chaff. The threshing board was pulled by horses or oxen in a circle as the heavy plank did its job over the wheat. Once separated, the useless chaff would often blow away in the wind and the …
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. As it is with any verse of Scripture, it is important to examine this verse in its context. Paul has been talking about the believer having God’s approval upon his or her life (v. 9), …
Those of us who teach that grace is absolutely free are sometimes accused of teaching license or antinomianism. License is the belief that a Christian can do anything he or she wants, including sin, without negative consequences. Antinomianism is the belief that there are no laws for the Christian life. What it means to teach …
