Kakaunti Lang Ba O Marami Ang Maliligtas?
Sa Lukas 13:23, ang Panginoon ay tinanong kung iilan lang ba ang maliligtas. Sa kontekstong ito, ang Panginoon ay nagbabanggit ng kaligtasan patungkol sa bansang Israel. Ngunit ang tanong na ito ay madalas itanong sa mas malawak na diwa. Karamihan ba ng mga tao sa mundong ito ay magiging bahagi ng kaharian ng Diyos, o […]
Is Faith Quantitative?
A friend of mine recently had a great way to describe faith. He said it is a state. It is not quantitative. We usually don’t use such words to define faith, but they are very appropriate. Most people think of faith as quantitative; they think we can measure how much we believe something. For example, […]
Un’interpretazione diversa di Giacomo 2:19
Una donna nella chiesa che frequento (la chiamerò Betty) mi ha raccontato recentemente di una conversazione avuta con un’amica. È venuta fuori un’interpretazione diversa di Giacomo 2:19, che dice, “persino i demoni credono e tremano”. Spesso, alcune persone commettono l’errore di usare quel verso per dire che la fede in Gesù soltanto non è sufficiente […]
Zbawienie we wczesnym Kościele
Wielu nauczycieli w kręgach Darmowej Łaski, w tym ja [Ken Yates], utrzymuje, że pewność własnego życia wiecznego jest istotą zbawczej wiary. Rozumiemy przez to, że kiedy dana osoba uwierzy w Jezusa Chrystusa ze względu na obiecywane życie wieczne, w tym momencie ona też wie, że je posiada, na zawsze. To jest to, co Jezus obiecuje. […]
Being Open to God’s Word (Part 3)
In my last two blogs, I pointed out that often the people we least expect to be open to God’s truth are, and those we expect to be open are not. I gave the example of the widow of Zarephath. In this blog, I will address another example—Naaman the leper. The Lord spoke of these […]
Being Open to God’s Word (Part 2)
In my last blog, I pointed out that the Lord said that those we would expect to be open to the teachings of His Word often are not, and that those who are open are often those whom we would not expect to be. Those who preach the message of grace find this to be […]
Being Open to God’s Word (Part 1)
When we teach Free Grace, which is Biblical to the core, it is strange that the people one would expect to be open to it are often not. It would make sense that students of the Bible–including seminary students, professors, pastors, Sunday school teachers, and long-time members of evangelical churches–would be the first to see […]
Be Careful with Allegory
Many people consider Charles Spurgeon to be one of the greatest preachers of all time. I am sure he was a great speaker, and there are literally millions of copies of his sermons available. He was obviously much more successful as an orator than I will ever be. So what I’m about to say may […]
Andrà meglio l’anno prossimo (1Giov.2:17)
Sono andato al college all’Accademia Aeronautica USA. Non voglio farlo sembrare troppo terribile, ma la vita in un college civile sarebbe stata molto più divertente dell’accademia militare. Ci sono degli aspetti poco piacevoli nel passare quattro anni della tua vita in una istituzione così reggimentale. Ma i poteri costituiti recano forti motivazioni per resistere. La […]
Freedom
The Fourth of July is just around the corner. It is a day on which we celebrate our freedoms. In the US, we have a lot of them, even if many of them appear to be in jeopardy. Our disintegrating culture might actually cause us to value our freedoms to a greater degree. I consider […]