Contributor Bio | Brandon Melton
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Family
I am happily married to my wonderful and beautiful wife, Karla. We have been married since May 31, 2008. Not long after that, on February 28, 2009, we were blessed with our first and only (for now) child, our beautiful baby daughter, Morgan.
Hobbies
I enjoy spending time with my family, playing music (guitar), and playing sports (basketball).
Education
- Certificate in Biblical Studies, Word of Life Bible Institute
- B.S. in Biblical Studies, Tennessee Temple University (in progress – will graduate in May, 2009)
Favorite Musicians
Michael Bleecker, Christ Tomlin, David Crowder, Charlie Hall, Shai Linne, LeCrae, and Flame.
Favorite Authors/Preachers
Contemporary: John Piper, Tim Keller, C.J. Mahaney, D.A. Carson, Al Mohler, Sam Storms, John MacArthur, Mark Dever, Paul Washer, Mark Driscoll, Matt Chandler, and James White.
Classic: John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Martin Luther, and Charles Spurgeon.
Favorite Scripture Passages
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2 | ESV)
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:28-39 | ESV)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21 | ESV)
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:23-26 | ESV)
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. (Jude 24-25 | ESV)
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