Entries categorized as ‘pierced for our transgressions’
In the desire to honor a long line of men who wore facial hair proudly and honored Christ with their bold proclamation of His gospel, this blog is whole-heartedly bearded friendly. We honor the preaching of such men as Charles Spurgeon and George Muller when we wear the beard, and wear it proudly. So, for all those who lug their beard into the pulpit with grandeur and the doctrines of grace (minus Lincoln, maybe, but it’s Lincoln!), this one goes to you.
George, doing preachers of the gospel right around the world; Muller invented the Emerging haircut!
Spurgeon, classic. He didn’t invent the beard, but I think he invented preaching.
Sibbes, my man! Not so sure about the hat.
Perkins, the innovater!
And of course, Lincoln, who invented the beard. Or re-invented it.
Wear the beard. Preach Christ. Help people see the infinite worth of the character of God in the substitutionary death of Jesus.
Categories: Bearded Friendly Blogging · cross of christ · pierced for our transgressions
Tagged: Bearded Friendly Blogging, cross of christ, preaching christ
In his excellent work, The Cross of Christ, John Stott writes the following about the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ in the fourfold aspects of justification, propitiation, reconciliation, and redemption:
“Each [image] highlights a different aspect of our human need. Propitiation underscores the wrath of God upon us, redemption our captivity to sin, justification our guilt, and reconciliation our enmity against God and alienation from him. These metaphors do not flatter us. They expose the magnitude of our need” (p. 199).
And God, in the great love with which He loved us:
“All four images emphasize that the saving initiative was taken by God in his love… all four images plainly teach that God’s saving work was achieved through the bloodshedding, that is, the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ” (p. 199).
What sinners we are. What a Savior He is.
“Man of sorrows, what a name, for the Son of God who came, ruined sinners to reclaim! Bearing shame and scoffing rude, in my place condemned He stood, sealed pardon with His blood; Hallelujah, what a Savior!” (Philip P. Bliss, Baptist Hymnal no. 175).
Categories: cross of christ · pierced for our transgressions
Tagged: christ our redeemer, pierced for our transgressions, suffering savior
