By Jeff Kluttz on Jul 20, 2010 in sin, the gospel | 0 Comments
(This is a continuation of The Gospel Truth video blog series. This post assumes the prerequisite watching of earlier videos in the series. Click the link above to watch the entire series up to this week’s installment.)
I’ve often said that “the gospel is simple enough for a five year old to receive but complex enough [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Jun 21, 2010 in Emergent, sin, the gospel | 0 Comments
A popular message today attempts to discredit the notion that God has wrath toward sin. The proponents of this message claim that because God is love, and everything God does is motivated by love, that God cannot have wrath.
Today’s post in the Vlog series “Gospel Truth” will examine a host of scriptures which clearly and [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Jun 15, 2010 in sin, the gospel | 0 Comments
New Vlog Series, Updating Weekly: The Gospel Truth
See the entire series as it is added at our Video Teaching Series page.
The gospel message is a unique one in scripture. Never is it open to individual interpretation or denominational packaging. The message of the gospel is so important and well defined, in fact, that Paul noted
Galatians [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Dec 5, 2009 in Series Studies, the gospel | 1 Comment
(This post is a continuation of the Pastoral Soteriology Series. It assumes pre-requisite reading of earlier posts, and will be followed by additional posts.)
While grace is the overriding precondition of the gospel, scripture unyieldingly asserts that faith is the necessary component by which salvation is applied to the sinner’s account. Ephesians 2:8 notes both elements [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Aug 5, 2009 in Series Studies, sin, the gospel | 5 Comments
Continuing our examination of numerous atonement theories which have circulated the church throughout history, it must be observed that thus far in this series there has not been revealed a tremendous amount of success in the packaging of such systems into understandable, yet valid theological thought.
The Recapitulation Theory misses the vicarious nature of Jesus’ death [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Jul 7, 2009 in Emergent, Series Studies, Word of Faith, sin, the gospel | 5 Comments
(A continuation of the series, A Pastoral Soteriology.)
Continuing the historical foray into the waters of poorly constructed atonement theories leads us to what can only be understood as a truly heretical contribution known as the “Mystical Theory” of atonement. This theory has been contributed to by many philosophers and pseudo-theologians over the years. Central among [...]
By Jeff Kluttz on Jun 25, 2009 in Emergent, Series Studies, sin, the gospel | 4 Comments
(A continuation of the series, A Pastoral Soteriology.)
Jesus noted, “wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it (Mat 7:13). To that end, it should be no surprise that there are so many erroneous theological theories in relation to each properly determined and biblical one. Continuing [...]