Part 3: Gratitude By S. M. Baugh In the first two parts of this series on the 3Gs—guilt, grace, and gratitude—we focused on our guilt before a holy God and on his amazing grace in delivering us freely from our sin and misery. We like using these three words, because they provide a simple way …
S. M. Baugh For quite some time, Phil. 2:7 has been the center of a controversy.[1] In particular it has been the main source for versions of the “kenotic[2] theory” of Christ’s incarnation, which runs afoul of the historic Christian faith. This point of our faith was articulated, for example, in the Athanasian Creed which …
Part 1: Guilt By S. M. Baugh You do not have to hang around Reformed teachers and pastors very long before hearing about “guilt, grace, and gratitude.” We like it because it is a handy summary for the structure of the Christian religion. And it is a way to focus upon the gospel of Christ …
Part 2: Grace By S. M. Baugh In the first part of this series on the 3Gs—guilt, grace, and gratitude—we focused on our guilt before a holy God, and that all who are without Christ should be “cut to the quick” like the original audience of Peter’s Pentecost sermon in Acts 2. This, in fact, …