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Pastoring the Police

Joseph Randall
Apr 21, 2021
It is always tragic to hear of a police shooting or an unjust use of force by police officers. Anytime anyone in a position of authority abuses that authority, it is especially abhorrent in God’s sight, because God ordained authorities like the police to punish wrongdoers and reward those who do...

More Thoughts on Being God-Forsaken

Joseph Randall
Jun 20, 2020
As we saw in our last post , when God forsakes, He hides His face from the one He forsakes, turns him over to his enemies, and is angry with him . All of this happened to Jesus while He suffered for sinners on the cross. It was a real, objective forsakenness. As a follow-up, this post will simply...

Forsaken, Or Felt Forsaken?

Joseph Randall
Jun 10, 2020
My last post on the cross focused on two questions: 1) Did God kill Jesus on the cross, and 2) was Jesus damned by God on the cross? This post seeks to answer another question: Was Jesus truly, objectively forsaken by God on the cross, or did He merely feel forsaken? Nick Batzig opens an excellent...

"American Gospel" Gets It Right

Joseph Randall
Apr 30, 2020
The Gospel Coalition has published a review of a new documentary, American Gospel: Christ Crucified . In the review, Caleb Wait makes two critiques of the documentary. The purpose of this post is to show how these critiques are seriously misguided. Did God Kill Jesus? First, Wait critiques Voddie...

The Unthinkable Sin

Joseph Randall
Feb 8, 2019
One day I had the opportunity to preach with John Barros outside of an abortion mill in Orlando. In the message I preached, I made the point that I am also a murderer because Jesus said: "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to...

The Mercy-Heart of God

Joseph Randall
Nov 23, 2013
There was a period in my life when I had convinced myself that I had committed the unpardonable sin. I was sure that I would spend eternity in hell. I felt that there was absolutely no hope for me – it was a very dark time and one from which God graciously rescued me. Maybe you've had a...