Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross
Fanny Crosby wrote an amazing number of hymns that we still sing in church more that a century after her death. Many, like this one, are framed in the form of a prayer, and this hymn contains a petition that…
He Lives
Most of us probably have a pretty good handle on the importance of Jesus’ death on the cross for our sins. Without it we would be eternally lost, separated from God, and bearing the just punishment for our sin. But…
Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)
“Hosanna” is a word that literally means “Save us now!” but it had grown into the context of an expression of praise at the time it was used during the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, just a few days…
Our God Saves
Are you saved? What were you saved from? Are you glad about it? If we’ve been around the church any length of time we get used to the lingo. Prior to the last few decades much of the culture outside…
Assurance of Salvation: Is it possible? Is it promised?
In his new book Assured, pastor and author Greg Gilbert addresses an issue that most, if not all, Christians have secretly wondered about—“Am I truly saved?” Gilbert rightly acknowledges that “one’s sense of assurance will ebb and flow through the…
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