Catching and Cleaning Fish
I’m always on the look-out for simple illustrations of Biblical truths that most people can easily understand. Here’s one— I listened to an evangelist tell the story of how people in his home church grew upset when he started leading people to Christ, and the church began to grow. Some of the old-timers didn’t like […]
From Haran to Moriah: Spiritual Growth Takes Time
I get frustrated at my lack of spiritual growth. But then I think of Abraham. In James 2, we read: Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? […]
Meditação Bíblica é Meditação na Bíblia
O que significa meditar? Ao longo dos séculos, formas antibíblicas de meditação foram emprestadas de outras tradições religiosas, como o hinduísmo e o budismo. Pior, muitas dessas práticas meditativas surgiram de, e assumiram, um evangelho de salvação pelas obras, e assim, a meditação tornou-se mais uma obra a fazer – mais um degrau na escada […]
Jack Deere sobre el suicidio y la salvación
Durante el descanso navideño, terminé leyendo la autobiografía de Jack Deere, Even in Our Darkness [Incluso en nuestra oscuridad]. Como sugiere el título, la encontré muy oscura. Se lee como una confesión de todas las ocasiones en las que el autor se sintió fracasado como padre, esposo, y amigo, por no mencionar como ministro. En […]
La seguridad eterna en el Evangelio de Juan: nueve pruebas
¿El Evangelio de Juan enseña que Jesús prometió vida eterna que nunca se puede perder? ¿Enseña la seguridad eterna? ¿Es verdadera la doctrina de “una vez salvo, siempre salvo”? Las respuestas a estas preguntas son sí, sí, y sí. ¿Cómo sé? Lea cada de los siguientes versículos: Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, […]
Two Aspects of the Cross
I have started working in earnest on my next book. As a follow-up to Chosen to Serve, which dealt with the doctrine of election, my next book will show that both Limited Atonement and Unlimited Atonement should be rejected because they both (wrongly) assume the benefits of the cross come as a package. My questions […]
Eternal Security in John’s Gospel
By Shawn Lazar Does John’s Gospel teach that Jesus promised everlasting life that can never be lost? Does it teach eternal security? Is the doctrine of “once saved, always saved” true? The answers are yes, yes, and yes. How do I know? Read each of the following verses: “For God so loved the world that […]
Todo Me Interesa
Casi todo me interesa. Hay varios idiomas que me gustaría aprender bien – griego moderno y koiné, hebreo, afrikáans, alemán, sueco y español, para comenzar. Hay muchos instrumentos que me gustaría aprender a tocar bien-marimba, piano, ukelele, trompeta y el órgano Hammond B3. Quiero ser un mejor pintor e ilustrador. Me gustaría emular la precisión […]
Santa Confiança de George Muller
Se você é um crente na graça – ao contrário de muitas pessoas na cristandade – você não está preocupado em ser julgado por sua salvação eterna porque Jesus resolveu essa questão no momento em que você acreditou Nele para a salvação eterna: “Em verdade vos digo: quem ouve a minha palavra e crê naquele […]
Jack Deere on Suicide and Salvation
Over the Christmas break, I finished Jack Deere’s autobiography, Even in Our Darkness. And as the title suggests, it was very dark. The book reads like a confession of all the many ways Deere felt he failed as a father, husband, and friend, not to mention as a minister. In a world where many Charismatics […]