What happens to our sin when we trust in Christ? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: A few of the places we see the doctrine of imputation in ScriptureWhy this doctrine is good news for believers—and only believersWhy this gift of God both is and is not...

Christians believe that we aren’t justified, or made right with God, because of anything we do, but only by faith in Jesus. So if that’s true, do we have any actual righteousness or are we only said to be righteous?  The Bible teaches that Jesus died on the cross as a substitute for us, taking the punishment that our...

With the first portion of John’s prologue speaking about the Word’s eternal divinity (“the Word was with God, and the Word was God”) and cosmic activity (“all things were created through him”; “that life was the light of men”), why is the middle portion concerned with John the Baptist (vv. 6-9)? The Old Testament pointed forward to a messenger...

When many of our kids (and us too perhaps) think of Christmas, they think of trees, lights, decorations, presents, special meals, and family gatherings. There is nothing at all wrong with these aspects of the Christmas season, but we know that there is more, much more, to Christmas. In John’s prologue to his Gospel, he provides a fantastic summary...

If grace is good, does that mean the law is bad? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: Why John began his gospel with an echo of GenesisWhy the world and God’s people didn’t recognize HimWhy John compares and contrasts Jesus and the LawHow this passage points us to the...

Are all people children of God? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: How the Bible describes those who can be called God’s childrenThe reason it’s right and good to think of other believers as brothers and sistersHow this doctrine shapes the core of our identityHow this doctrine...