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All Christians have
realities in common.
One Body
One Spirit
One Hope
One Lord
One Faith
One Baptism
One God
If we hold firmly to
these seven Realities,
we maintain
Christian spiritual unity--
what Ephesians 4:3 calls
"the unity of the spirit."
Each post is about one of these realities!
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30. Not Sent to Baptize (Part II)
Take Two! Let’s get back to our text and zoom in on the second part. We’ve already explained how (contrary to popular opinion) Paul's...
Feb 1510 min read


29. Not Sent to Baptize (Part I)
Poor Interpreters Most Evangelical pastors today use Paul’s statement ‘Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the Gospel’ to...
Feb 1411 min read


28. Blessed Assurance
Top Hymn Appearing in every Evangelical hymnal published in 2024, a hymn says: Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of...
Feb 88 min read


27. Does Blood Cleanse? (Part II)
Death-for-Death We receive the mercy of God through the blood of Jesus. The blood Jesus spilled on the Cross was his lifeblood and when...
Feb 18 min read


26. Does Blood Cleanse? (Part I)
The Benefit of Blood The sprinkling of blood is a cleansing in God’s eyes, but it’s not so in the eyes of modern man. Modern man thinks:...
Jan 316 min read


25. Bodies Washed With Pure Water
Personal Hygiene How important is personal hygiene to you? For children it’s not very important, but for most adults it’s very important....
Jan 279 min read


24. An Axe Head Floats
The Text Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float (2 Kings 6:6). A Review: Baptism Saves At this point, if you’ve...
Jan 2510 min read


22. Crossing the Jordan (Part II)
Context Let’s read the full text of the Israelites' crossing of the Jordan. If we do, we’ll become more aware of the context. With a...
Oct 29, 20249 min read


23. Crossing the Jordan (Part III)
God’s Five Purposes God had five purposes for bringing the Israelites through the Jordan River. We just read Joshua chapters 1-4, so we...
Oct 27, 202411 min read


21. Crossing the Jordan (Part I)
The Rivers of Israel The Jordan is by far Israel’s longest river at 251 km. The other rivers of Israel are either very short or they are...
Oct 26, 20245 min read


20. Naaman’s Baptism
A River Not to Be Despised Do you love to see the New Testament in the Old? Consider the story of Naaman. He got cured of a terrible...
Aug 31, 20249 min read


19. Our Fathers Were Baptized
Baptized into Moses Let’s look at a little-known Bible passage—one which uses the phrase baptized into Moses . You’ve heard of the...
Aug 30, 202414 min read


18. You Were Washed
Down and Dirty Sin soils us. Sin contaminates us. It makes us dirty, and dirtiness brings us down. It will even bring us down to Hell if...
Jul 12, 20245 min read


17. Buried and Raised With Jesus
The Gospel According to Paul, the Gospel is that Jesus died, was buried, was raised, and then appeared to the Apostles. His Gospel...
Jul 10, 20246 min read


16. Baptized into His Death
The Heavyweight Champ We’ve already seen many powerful Bible passages about baptism, but few give the punch Romans 6 gives. We have...
Jul 5, 20246 min read


15. Baptism for the Dead (Part II)
Hades: Hell and Paradise The Bible describes a realm under the Earth called Hades. The Jews called it Sheol and other cultures called it...
May 18, 20249 min read


14. Baptism for the Dead (Part I)
An Important Question Admittedly, the expression "baptism for the Dead" sounds strange, but if it conjures up ideas of zombies, you’ve...
May 17, 202412 min read


13. Purification from Former Sins
You Must Grow Have you ever asked yourself “Why am I not growing?” Have you ever asked yourself “Why am I spiritually unfruitful?” Peter...
May 16, 20249 min read


12. Receiving Jesus
The Prayer of Faith The position of Evangelicals since the 1950s is that saving faith becomes effective through “the prayer of faith,” a...
Mar 28, 20249 min read


11. Baptized Into Christ
Clothed with Christ Are you clothed in Christ’s righteousness? There are only two kinds of people: those who bear the burden of their...
Mar 23, 20244 min read
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