Mind Potter
is a new blogazine intent upon joining the growing fellowship of blogs and websites dedicated to the God who is Sovereign. Mind Potter specifically seeks to explore how the doctrines of grace can create a discipleship community of worshipping believers.
This is the seventh post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 7 – The Suffering Servant
Isaiah 53:
Isaiah – “We esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.”
“On the cross, God’s wrath was poured out on Christ. God did strike Him, smite Him, and afflict [...]
This is the sixth post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 6 – Made Like His Brethren
Utter vs. Total Depravity:
“Utter depravity would mean that man is as bad, as corrupt, as he possibly could be.”
“Total depravity … meant that sin—its power, its influence, its inclination—affects [...]
This is the fifth post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 5 – The Saving Substitute
Jesus, the Righteous Substitute
“Jesus had to submit Himself to every detail of every law God had given to the nation.”
Expiation:
“… taking away the guilt through the payment of a penalty [...]
This is the fourth post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 4 – Ransomed from Above
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Ransom:
“a price that was paid to [...]
This is the third post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 3 – Debtors, Enemies, and Criminals
“Sin is cosmic treason”
God is Author: (p34)
“The word authority has another word in it—author. Because God is the Author of all things, He has authority over all that [...]
This is the second post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 2 – The Just God
Why the God-Man?
“… the chief reason a God-man was necessary was the justice of God.”
God is loving:
“a major part of what He loves is His own perfect character.”
God’s Justice:
“His eternal, [...]
This is the first post in a series summarizing the chapters of R. C. Sproul’s book, THE TRUTH OF THE CROSS.
Chapter 1 – The Necessity of an Atonement
1Cor 2:2
“For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.”
Holy God and Sin as Offense: (p9)
“If people understood that there is a [...]
Late on Wednesday night, April 16, I called a friend from my church to simply share with him that I was overwhelmed. I had just spent the evening at the Together for the Gospel Conference in Louisville, KY, glorying in the atonement; that “Christ became sin for us; Took the blame, bore the wrath” [...]
