Was the Apostle Paul Afraid He’d Be Eternally Condemned_

“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” (NKJV) The King James Version translates the end […]

December 20, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Rapture
Six Raptures

Do you believe in the Rapture? I do. But not everyone does. The very idea of the Rapture is regularly denounced as nonsense by non-Dispensational Christian theologians (see here). But […]

December 19, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - netflix
Bye Bye Netflix

Since having kids, my wife and I have time to watch maybe one show a night. It often takes two or three nights to finish a movie. But over the […]

What does Mark’s introduction tell us about Jesus Christ_

Some think Mark was the first Gospel written and that Matthew and Luke used Mark to write their Gospels. I don’t agree. I think the evidence shows that all four […]

December 17, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hospitality, loneliness, spirituality
Hospitality to the Lonely

It’s been 17 years since Robert Putnam’s best-selling book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community sounded the alarm about societal changes driving new levels of isolation and […]

Did Paul Say That Repentance and Faith Are Co-Conditions of Everlasting Life_

We are nearly done with the final proofing of the second edition of our one-volume NT commentary. (The first edition came out in 2010, and we sold the last copies […]

December 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hospitality, spirituality
Alexander Strauch on the Potential Impact of Christian Hospitality

What does a practical “Christian spirituality” look like? That’s what I’m seeking to understand as I seek to follow the Lord more closely and to raise my kids to do […]

Will some believers have zero good works at the Judgment Seat of Christ_

Here is a powerful passage about the church, eternal rewards, and temporal judgment. There is much in this passage for every believer. Rewards are in view. After all, Paul says […]

What does it mean to be saved, yet so as through fire_

A friend sent me this excellent question: I am teaching on 1 Cor 3:10-17 Sunday. What is weird is I have not seen anyone handle the part of 3:15 that […]

December 9, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Sanctification, Sin
Some Strong Language About Sanctification and Sin

What does it mean to be sanctified? What’s supposed to happen to the sin in your life? As I’ve been meditating on that subject—wondering to what extent Scripture describes sanctification […]

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