Our Union With Adam & the Necessity of the Virgin Birth Someone on 𝕏 posed the question: “Why is sin inherited but salvation isn’t?” I responded with the following: “There are three views of our union with Adam: Representative – Adam acted as our federal head; his guilt is imputed to us.1 Seminal – We
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Could Jesus Have Gotten a Cold? One time, while listening to a Greg Bahnsen lecture in my car, I heard him ask his students the following question: “Could Jesus have gotten a cold?” While they were hesitant to answer, I was saying out loud, “Yep!” (I have a tendency to do that while listening along).
Rightly Dividing the Prohibition Against Lying Is lying always wrong? Or is there such a thing as a righteous lie? This is a question that often gets brought up and debated. I used to believe that a lie was never okay. I grounded that belief in the sentiment that God’s law is a reflection of
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Does Scripture Distinguish Between Moral and Ceremonial Law? The question this article will set out to answer is: Does the Bible distinguish between moral and ceremonial law? Some, such as those who align with Hebrew Roots or Torah Movement theology, say “the Bible never makes such a distinction”1 and argue that the Torah cannot be
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What Kind of Obedience Did the Old Covenant Require? The 1689 Federalist position on the Old Covenant is that it was a covenant of works for life in the land of Canaan, with temporal blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. It was not the Covenant of Grace, but was subservient to it. It pointed
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The “Letter of the Law”: What Does It Mean? Recently, I had an exchange with someone on 𝕏 regarding the place of the law in the life of the New Covenant believer. The position I put forth, and I’ll spare you the details, was that we need to obey God’s law—not to earn salvation, not
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Welcome to My Blog! My name is Christopher R. Cutler, and here I’ll be posting various articles dealing with theological, apologetic, and philosophical matters—advocating certain positions and examining the merit of others. I’ll also be using this space to further defend and expand on the positions presented in NO OTHER GOSPEL: Paul’s Letter to the