Ephesians 2:1-10

There are many passages of scripture that are difficult to understand or accept. In John 6 Jesus gives one of his hard sayings that caused many of his followers to leave disgusted and upset. On this episode of White Horse Inn our hosts Kim Riddelbarger, Rod Rosenbladt with special guest Tim Brewer address the difficult […]

1 Thess 4:13-5:9 is an important passage for understanding the return of Christ and the resurrection of Christians. On this episode of White Horse Inn Kim Riddlebarger, Rod Rosenbladt, and special guest Tim Brewer help us navigate the end times as we live in hope of Christ’s coming.

A great temptation for Christians is to define Christianity as a set of moral values. Often this happens in subtle ways when a Christian is distinguished from the world because of their conduct. Good works are important, but the distinguishing mark of the Christian is his faith and repentant heart. In Luke 18 Jesus tells […]

What did Jesus mean when he said “this is my Body”? How should we understand the Lord’s supper? what is the difference between Protestants and Roman Catholics? What does the Lord Supper have to do with church unity? All this on more on the White Horse Inn.

In the book of Galatians Paul’s greatest concern was that the gospel in the Galatian churches had been compromised. Rather than accepting Paul’s unadultrated message of justification through faith alone by grace alone on accout of Christ alone, the Galatains were tempted by false teachers to believe that they needed something more than trust in […]

In Romans 3:9-20 Paul shows that the problem with humanity. Humanity is totally depraved and God’s wrath is being stored up against humanity for the day of judgment. Apart from God’s grace there is no hope. On this episode of White Horse Inn, Kim Riddlebarger, Rod Rosenbladt, and Ken Jones help us navigate this difficult passage.

Anyone who has been a Christian for a while realizes that the Christian Life is an ongoing fight with sin. Some Christians hope to achieve a victorious Christian life where the fight with indwelling sinful desires is removed. But should Christians have such an expectation? In Romans 7 Paul describes his own fight with sin. On […]

Many self proclaimed prophecy experts, who though unable to explain the doctrine of justification and clear passages of the New Testament, claim to have understood every obscure bible prophecy in the Old Testament. Their interpretations are speculations about future events that often have more to do with the imagination of the interpreter and little to […]

The coexistence of assurance and doubt is not a contradiction, but a reflection of the Christian life lived between justification and glorification. True assurance rests not in the strength of one’s faith, but in the object of that faith—Jesus Christ—and the presence of doubt, while unsettling, does not nullify genuine belief.

Following sound doctrine requires our eyes to remain fixed on Jesus. It also requires that our faith rests in him. Faith opens the door to God’s plan and allows us to accomplish his will for our lives. It does so chiefly because it fosters a heart that yields to the counsel and leading of God. In this way, we remain on the road of truth.

We are not merely hoping for the best outcome, we are assured of the greatest outcome—the coming of God’s Kingdom. Our faith doesn’t work like a magic eight ball, trying to tell us every detail of our lives, but our faith is knowledgeable.

Jesus’s words were a puzzle to me for a long time. Why would he push Mary away in her moment of joyful recognition? According to his own words, it seems he has some unfinished business: “I have not yet ascended to the Father” is how Jesus tells Mary—and us—that his ascension is absolutely necessary for his redeeming purposes to be brought to completion.