John Lemley

What Color Am I?

Reading Time: 5 minutesI learned early on that if people are different colors, I did not have the preferred color. When my…

To God be the Glory

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast in the BA’s 2017 sola series commemorating the five-hundredth year of the Reformation is the sola to which…

Church Alone?

Reading Time: 6 minutesUpon first glance, a reader of this issue in our Reformation series might exclaim, “Church alone! Doesn’t the Bible…

Grace Alone

Reading Time: 5 minutesHere are three popular definitions for grace:   God’s unmerited favor. God giving us what we do not deserve. God’s riches at Christ’s…

Faith Alone

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn English class we learned that a phrase like faith alone is a conceptual unit but not a complete…

Scripture Alone

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe exclusivity of Christ alone was the Reformers’ answer to the question “How can I be saved?” Christ alone…

Christ Alone

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe phrase Christ alone is at the center of the well-known declaration of the sixteenth century Reformers. They based…