There are at least four distinct purposes of the law for Christians today, and each follows from the last.
Keeping God’s Law Perfectly (Catechism XIII)
Man can do whatever he wants, but he only ever wants to do evil.
The Ninth and Tenth Commandments (Catechism XII)
The Apostle James reminds us that, in the final two commandments of the Decalogue, we are still reflecting on how to love our neighbor (James 2:8).
A Glad Return (Luke 15:11-32)
There is no cause for shame to keep us from repentance.
The Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Commandments (Catechism XI)
Loving your neighbor is mostly about minding your own business.
Some People Walk Through Passages, Some People Dance Around Them (Response to Christadelphians)
My earnest prayer is that we would learn from this dialogue the importance of letting the text of Scripture dictate our theology, instead of our traditions dictating our theology.
The Deity of Christ in Philippians 2: A Response to the Christadelphians
Christadelphians: please feel free to keep the ball rolling.
The Joy of Mary (Luke 1:26-56)
When such matters are considered, we cannot avoid the wicked advice abortion culture would have given Mary.
Are Apocryphal and Gnostic Writings God-Breathed?
Why are “canonical” books considered substantively different than such works as the Book of Jashar and the Gospel of Thomas?
On the Matter of Translation
When we say the Bible is God-breathed (2 Timothy 3:16) – the inspired, inerrant, authoritative Word of God – we are referring to the original autographs, not to translations.
