Soli Deo Gloria

My name is Jay Wingard and this is my place on the net to discuss theology, faith and the Bible. I am first and foremost a follower of Jesus Christ.  I love theology and teach Bible and theology at church and a few Bible classes throughout the week. My interest is also in Biblical languages – to dig deep into the living Word of God. Lord willing, I aspire one day to teach theology at a Bible college or seminary but I am equally happy to simply teach where ever He has me be. I am married to the most wonderful woman I could ever ask for who supports me in all of my dreams. (And puts up with me on a daily basis. Phew!)

I love Jesus and have been saved from God’s wrath only by His sovereign grace. I find myself wanting to find more and more ways to tell others about Christ and feel this blog may just be one of them. As a reformed Baptist, I hold to the 1689 London Baptist Confession.

My King saved me – a wretched sinner by His grace. For over 20 years of my life I walked around thinking I was saved because I repeated a prayer and was baptized. You see, I was putting my faith in something I was doing, not in Christ and His finished work. For more than twenty years I was as lost as ever.  My God then graciously transformed my heart of stone to a heart of flesh and opened my eyes to His glory. By His sovereign grace, my eyes were opened to my utter sinfulness and my hopelessness on my own.  Through the gift of faith and repentance I trust only in the person and work of Christ for my salvation and now belong to Him. I desire to be conformed more and more into the image of Jesus Christ and desire to know Him more and more and to make Him known!  This I owe completely to my God and Savior Jesus Christ!  What amazing grace!

My passion is for the full Gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe that the Gospel message in the American Church today has become watered down and additionally, has been turned into a gospel of prosperity, success and self-help.  I firmly believe that my mission field is the American Church. I know all too well and too personally the by-product of the watered down gospel also termed “decisional evangelism”!  We need to stay true to the full Gospel message – one of faith and repentance, one of law to the proud and grace to the humble, one of Christ alone, one of the full counsel of Scripture and one of all the glorious attributes of God so that we are not preaching an idol instead of the God of Scripture.

“I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church. “  – Charles Spurgeon

I’m so glad you’ve discovered “Soli Deo Gloria” amidst the ton of other blogs on the internet.  Be sure to drop me a line (jcwing@mac.com) or leave a comment and let me know about yourself! May the Lord bless you.

Soli Deo Gloria! (Glory to God alone.)