Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 2 (John 13:14)
The New Testament has about 58 “one another” commands that describe what a normal Christian church life can be. It’s the kind of community I want to—need to!—experience. But what does that church life look like? The second example of these commands is to wash one another’s feet (John 13:14). In the previous post, we […]
Other Famous 3:16s in the New Testament
Most people have heard of John 3:16. Many can even quote it from heart. But did you know that there are at least three other famous 3:16s in the New Testament? Colossians 3:16. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and […]
Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 1 (John 13:14)
Living the normal Christian life requires living a normal church life because God designed discipleship with a strong corporate character. When I say “corporate,” I’m not talking about the business world but the fact that God created you to belong to a group. Scripture pictures that group life as a family (Gal 6:10; Rom 8:16) […]
Zane Hodges and the Promise of Everlasting Life
Zane Hodges departed this life in November of 2008. In the dozen years since then, many people have suggested that he changed his view of the saving message. Many pointed to a 2006 message in which he argued that a person is not born again until he is sure that he is eternally secure by […]
Kenya, Free Grace, and COVID
This blog is an update on what my daughter Kathryn and I are planning on doing the last couple of weeks in February. Part of what we do for GES are pastors’ conferences in other countries. Covid has prevented us from doing this for the last several months. However, as of this moment, we are […]
Sharing the Whole Gospel
If a cluttered desk is a sign of intelligence, then I must rival Einstein. My desk is a mess. Yesterday I decided to try to clear off my desk in an hour or so. I never got past the first journal I picked up. I had not yet read the July-September 2020 issue of DTS’s […]
Be at Peace with One Another (Mark 9:50)
God meant the Christian life to be lived in community. It doesn’t always work out that way. Christians can be imprisoned, confined to a hospital bed, or live alone in a hostile country without an opportunity to meet with other believers. If that is you, I’m not here to make you feel guilty about being […]
Works Salvation and the New Birth, Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2, we saw that works salvation will not result in the regeneration of anyone who believes that message. To be born again one must believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone for the free gift of everlasting life. Adding works to faith is like adding strychnine to water. In […]
The New Testament’s “One Another” Commands: An Introduction
Becoming born again is an individual issue. In other words, you need to believe in Jesus for eternal life to have that life. Your mother can’t believe it for you. Neither can your father, or grandfather, or friend. You have to come to that point of faith for yourself. However, while you can only be […]
Works Salvation and the New Birth, Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the fact that some who call themselves Free Grace believe and teach that works salvation, while wrong, is nonetheless a saving message. I gave several lines of Biblical proof that works salvation is not a saving message. One of the lines of proof is Acts 15, the Jerusalem Council. Here […]