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God Loves Through Human Love: How Grace Breeds Generosity

What is “grace”? Some people today define “grace” as “God’s riches at Christ’s expense.” Others gloss it as “unconditional gift” or “undeserved favor.” Still others prefer to see it as God’s favorable disposition toward his people. However, the word grace in...

by David E. Briones   Text

The Greco-Roman Context of the Jewish World

Ever feel like you’re missing something when you read the New Testament? I’ll never forget feeling that way the first time I read through the Bible from...

by David E. Briones   Text

Dressed in His Righteousness Alone: What Is Justification by Faith?

I’ll never forget meeting up with a mentor of mine at Starbucks shortly after becoming a Christian. We regularly met there to read and study the Bible. One day, a person walked by and was elated to find Christians. But...

by David E. Briones   Text

A Far Greater Imagination

Do you remember a song that John Lennon wrote called “Imagine”? It’s a utopian song about imagining a world without heaven or hell, countries or wars, private possessions, greed, or hunger, and especially without religion. For Lennon, imagining these things...

by David E. Briones   Text

Hermeneutics and the Heart

I teach biblical hermeneutics—how to study the Bible—at Reformation Bible College. I enjoy teaching all of the subjects assigned to me, but hermeneutics is certainly one of my favorites. I especially enjoy the first couple of class sessions. We spend...

by David E. Briones   Text