Initial Assurance or Reassurance? (1 John 5:13)
Question: If assurance is of the essence of saving faith, why does 1 John 5:13 imply that these believers might never have known that they had everlasting life? Answer: Does the text really imply this? What we know is that John desired that they possess absolute certainty of their everlasting life. Does he suggest that […]
Jesus Props Up Unfruitful Believers (John 15:2-3)
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He props up; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you” (John 15:2-3, author’s own translation, emphasis added). Perseverance theology distorts John 15 by suggesting that […]
Who Objected? John 8:30-33
Who Can Abide?
Who Spoke? John: 8:30- 33
That I May Attain to Whose Resurrection — Philippians 3:11
Acts 1:8 Reconsidered: A Stub Track, a Siding, or a Main Track?
Evidence For A First Century “Tenement Church”
Hebrews 12:14: A Test Case for the Run-for-the-Prize View
Must We Attain Some Level of Holiness To Enter the Kingdom? Hebrews 12:14 Reconsidered
Assumptions can interfere with one’s ability to understand the text of Heb 12:14. Most people read this verse as if it said: [You] pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which you will not see the Lord. In other words, most interpret this narrowly—merely instructing the readers how to live so that they themselves would […]