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Romans 10:9
9that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
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In The Kings Speech, King George VI cannot speak without stammering. His private belief in himself means nothing until he can speak publicly. The entire nation needs to hear his voice at war's outbreak. His Christmas broadcast is both confession...
In Shrek, the ogre lives behind walls of cynicism and solitude. Donkey keeps talking until the walls crack. Fiona hides her true self until Shrek sees and accepts her anyway. Both must confess what they really are to find love.
We read Romans 10:9-10 within the framework of God's sovereign grace and the covenant of grace that encompasses all of redemptive history. This passage emphasizes the role of faith and confession as responses to God's effectual calling, not as human decisions that initiate salvation. It highlights t
The Gospel message emphasizes the necessity of personal transformation through a relationship with Jesus Christ, as illustrated in John 3 with Nicodemus. It highlights that salvation is not based on works but is received through faith, leading to a new identity and purpose in life. This personal decision to trust in Christ is central to the evangelical message, affirming that God desires a relationship with each individual.
The Gospel message emphasizes the necessity of personal transformation through a relationship with Jesus Christ. It highlights that salvation is not based on works but is received through faith, leading to a new identity and purpose in life. Ultimately, God desires a personal relationship with each individual, which changes their eternal destiny.
We read this passage as a profound statement of the Gospel, declaring that faith and confession are not works of the Law but gifts of God's grace. Romans 10:9-10 speaks to the heart of justification by faith alone, emphasizing that belief in the heart and confession with the mouth are the Spirit's w
We read Romans 10:9-10 as a clear articulation of the necessity of both confession and belief for salvation. The apostle Paul, under divine inspiration, is emphasizing that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ alone. Confession with the mouth and belief in the heart work together to evidenc
We read Romans 10:9-10 as a declaration of liberation and commitment to the transformative power of the gospel. Confessing 'Jesus is Lord' is a revolutionary act that defies all earthly powers, affirming our allegiance to a liberating Savior who stands with the oppressed. Believing in the heart is n
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers dragged an elderly bishop named Polycarp into the arena at Smyrna. The crowd roared for his blood. The proconsul offered...
On a rainy Tuesday in March 2019, Carlos Mendez stood in a federal courtroom in San Antonio and raised his right hand. After fourteen years...
In 1881, scholar B.B. Warfield stood before his Princeton seminary students and made a declaration that would echo through generations: the words of Scripture are...
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about her journey back to faith, she described confession not as a transaction — say the right words, punch your...
On the morning of March 15, 1978, a scaffold collapsed beneath Frank Medina on a bridge construction site outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. He fell twelve feet...
Maria Delgado stood in the federal courthouse in downtown San Antonio on a Tuesday morning in March, her hands trembling around a small American flag....
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers dragged an eighty-six-year-old bishop named Polycarp into the arena at Smyrna. The proconsul offered him a simple deal: say "Caesar...
In 2004, a cave diver named Dave Shaw descended into Bushman's Hole in South Africa — the deepest freshwater cave on Earth. At 886 feet...
On a cold afternoon in 155 AD, the Roman proconsul in Smyrna gave the elderly bishop Polycarp one simple way to save his life. All...
Pilots call it V1. On the flight deck of a Boeing 737, every takeoff reaches a precise moment — calculated to the knot based on...
In the Roman Catholic Lens, we read Romans 10:9-10 as a profound affirmation of the necessary synergy between faith and confession, which are both gifts of grace and acts of human cooperation. This passage underscores the importance of both internal belief and external profession in the economy of s
On a Friday morning in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, forty-seven people from twenty-three countries stood together and raised their right hands. Among them was...
When the earliest Christians whispered "Jesus is Lord," they were not reciting a doctrinal password. They were committing treason. In a world where Caesar demanded...
In every CPR certification class, instructors drill the same lesson into their students: compressions alone are not enough. You press the chest — thirty rhythmic...
A friend of mine volunteers at a community kitchen in downtown Portland where the only rule posted on the wall reads: "Everyone eats." Not "everyone...
Teresa of Avila described the soul as a castle with many mansions, and at the very center, in the innermost room, Christ waits. Most of...