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The Simply Jesus Facebook Page
A few weeks ago, I started a Page for Simply Jesus. You can find it here . The Page is where I post every day a short meme or quote. The...

Derek Leman
Sep 191 min read
UPDATE #1: The Simply Jesus Project
About 25% done with the first draft (I announced this project a month ago). Have written: Introduction People putting a spin on the...

Derek Leman
Aug 102 min read
Announcement: The Simply Jesus Project
I should know better than to announce a project. I have a spotty track record when it comes to finishing them. It’s not that I have a...

Derek Leman
Jul 153 min read
Evangelical Weakness on the Gospel
I just listened to a random sermon from the nearest church to my house in Kennesaw, Georgia. I listened to one and only one sermon. And...

Derek Leman
Jun 173 min read
Sanctification
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to...

Derek Leman
Mar 226 min read
Your Jesus Is Too Small
On that day you will know that I [am] in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I in you. –John 14:20 NASB The albino rocker Larry Norman...

Derek Leman
Mar 56 min read
The World Needs Paul
When I started the Reimagining Paul blog, I began with this paragraph: A problem of perception exists between Christianity and society....

Derek Leman
Mar 16 min read
Deliverance (Justification)
Since before time, God has been for us—completely for us, for all of us, invested enough to take on our condition and lift us up out of...

Derek Leman
Feb 265 min read
New Birth (Regeneration)
Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' –John 3:7 NASB Maybe we humans are not so bad. Could it be we simply...

Derek Leman
Feb 85 min read
He Grants What He Commands
And you were dead in your offenses and sins, in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the...

Derek Leman
Feb 55 min read
Chosen Before Time
We generally learn about life through the window of our experiences. We discover things about relationships, health issues, career...

Derek Leman
Jan 304 min read
God's Acts for Us
I am not pretending that this list and these definitions are rigorously derived from a long study, with definitions honed by voluminous...

Derek Leman
Jan 262 min read
God's Solution: Resurrection, Part 1
"Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much...

Derek Leman
Jan 174 min read
God Speaks
This blog (in case you’re new here) opposes the common understanding of Christianity known as “justification theory.” The God of...

Derek Leman
Dec 19, 20246 min read
Romans 5:12-17 Commentary
The Adam story—which need not be interpreted literally—is about the human condition. We might imagine that we are a rational species...

Derek Leman
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Romans 5:9-11 Commentary
Fear of missing out on salvation hovers over this entire passage. Paul's rivals promoted anxiety in order to gain followers for their...

Derek Leman
Dec 10, 20244 min read
Paul, the Torah Genius
In my earliest days of being a follower of Christ—I was a college student—I was a devoted reader and learner of the writings of Paul. But...

Derek Leman
Dec 6, 202410 min read
Barth on the Power of God
Christianity does not work the way most people think. That includes Christians. Don't worry, I'm not saying I'm part of some splinter...

Derek Leman
Dec 1, 20249 min read
Initial Thoughts: Karl Barth on Romans
I just got a copy of Karl Barth's commentary on Romans (in English since I don't read German). I have read only the preface and his...

Derek Leman
Nov 30, 20245 min read
A Very Short Introduction
This is the introduction to The Law of the Spirit of Life: A Concise, Practical Commentary on Romans 5-8 . I am writing the book here on...

Derek Leman
Nov 25, 20244 min read
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