Salvation & Baptism
Grace, faith, covenant, repentance, and baptism.
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Explore Matthew 5:21–48 and Jesus’ teaching on anger, desire, truthfulness, and love, with attention to the relationship between conduct and the heart.
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Follow Matthew 3:13–4:17 from Jesus’ baptism through wilderness testing to kingdom proclamation, and explore the narrative’s connections with Israel.
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Read John the Baptist within Israel’s prophetic and Second Temple setting, attending to repentance, judgment, and preparation for the coming one.
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Why did John the Baptist attract attention? Explore his prophetic setting, wilderness ministry, and the Gospel accounts of his public appearance.
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Read 1 Corinthians 15:3–5 within Paul’s full argument about the gospel and resurrection, rather than treating the passage as an isolated formula.
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What is the gospel in its biblical setting? Explore royal proclamation, Jesus’ resurrection, and the life of allegiance the apostolic message calls forth.
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Explore salvation as God’s initiative calling for a human response, and consider how grace, trust, obedience, and transformation belong together.
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Explore pre-Augustinian Christian accounts of gospel, salvation, and transformation, attending to early witnesses without treating them as a single voice.
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Read Romans 10:9–10 within Paul’s argument about Israel, confession, and faith, considering why its meaning extends beyond a standalone slogan.
