by Nick Kennicott | Feb 18, 2023 | Articles, by Nick Kennicott, Marrow Ministries Free Content
Legalism is an attempt to win God’s favor apart from the finished and sufficient work of Christ on behalf of sinners. This is a doctrinal legalism that undermines the gospel. There also exists a practical legalism that is often ignored or misunderstood—a legal root...
by Bob Gonzales | Feb 16, 2023 | Articles, by Guest Writers, Marrow Ministries Free Content
Religious “Legalism” with a capital “L” is heresy. It’s the belief that one’s personal virtue and obedience to religious norms or standards merit God’s favor and/or salvation. This “do-it-yourself” religion is antithetical to the gospel of Christ and...
by Luke Walker | Feb 14, 2023 | Articles, by Luke Walker, Marrow Ministries Free Content
What came first, the chicken or the egg? We’ve been considering this classic conundrum since the Greek philosopher Plutarch first posed the question.[1] Plutarch responds that they are both first, which is almost as convenient of an answer as Aristotle’s, which is...
by Nick Kennicott | Feb 11, 2023 | Articles, by Nick Kennicott, Marrow Ministries Free Content
In John Bunyan’s classic tale, The Pilgrim’s Progress the main character is a man named Christian and he meets many people along his journey. One of the men he meets is a man named Faithful. Faithful recounts to Christian something that happened to him when he found...
by Luke Walker | Feb 10, 2023 | Articles, by Luke Walker, Marrow Ministries Free Content
We’ve all seen someone who has never done something before do it very well the first time they try. It’s called beginner’s luck, which can be defined as “unexpected success experienced by a person who is just starting a particular activity.” But inevitably, after...