In today's episode of Tough Texts, Scott Keith and Daniel Emery Price dive into 2 Timothy 2:8-13, a text that reveals Christ for the elect.

The doctrine of election is biblical, good, and comforting . . . but also frequently misunderstood.

And We Are Live! In this episode, we go live for Holy Week and answer listeners' questions: election, repentance, the church, law and gospel, and on and on we go.

Predestination Is Sick! In this episode, we discuss Steven Paulson’s book, The Outlaw God, focusing our conversation on double presentation, preaching God’s electing promise to sinners, and the consequences of worshipping a philosophical-material god. What are the consequences for people who don’t have a preacher of God’s promise? What does God’s promise have to say to those who believe all people will go to heaven when they die? What are the consequences for sinners when they try to know God apart from the promise?

Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.

The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.

In this episode, Paulson identifies the worry that all religion tries to answer "Am I chosen by God?"

God has a plan for this world that he put into place from eternity, a plan that is carried out in Jesus Christ and promises unimaginably great blessings for believers.

Our only claim to fame is that we have been claimed by a God who is consistently drawn to losers!

In this episode, Dr. Paulson examines the Apostle Paul's references to the Old Testament in Romans Chapter 9.

Baptism is always valid because no unrighteousness or faithlessness on our part could ify God’s faithfulness.

The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.