Are Unbelievers Going to Be Judged with Believers at the Judgment Seat of Christ_

A friend asked me if I saw an article by Hampton Keathley IV at the Bible.org website entitled, “The Outer Darkness: Heaven’s Suburb or Hell?” You can see it here. […]

November 20, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - argumentation, Paul
We Need More Theological Arguments (1)

I’m tired of having conversations and dialogues. Let’s have an argument! Gerardo Marti and Gladys Ganiel have written an excellent overview of the emerging church movement (ECM), The Deconstructed Church: […]

Does John’s Gospel teach salvation by repentance and self-denial_

A reader of our website has a problem with our stand that salvation from eternal condemnation is by faith alone, apart from works. She wrote: I enjoyed reading your article […]

November 18, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church buildings, sacred spaces
Where Did the Early Christians Meet_

Where did the early Christians meet? Not in “church” buildings. (I put “church” in italics, because believers are the church, not the building.) The early believers were flexible. They met […]

November 15, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog
When to Keep Your Mouth Shut

Recently I was reading the OT Book of Amos. I ran across an interesting verse. The prophet says, “Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time” (Amos […]

November 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Death, hospice, Lordship Salvation
Lordship Salvation Is Poor Comfort

This past Sunday, our minivan wouldn’t start, so the kids and I walked to a local church, about a mile away. They protested, feeling it was an exceedingly far distance […]

November 13, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - ministry, mission, vocation
Why Not Start a Church Bookstore_

“Churches need to operate their own bookstores to provide sound material to the people,” David Cloud, a Fundamentalist Baptist, argued. “The typical Christian bookstores are not going to carry the […]

Will the bad deeds of believers be judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ_

Ecclesiastes is a difficult book. The reason is probably because Solomon was seeking pleasure and wisdom from a humanistic perspective. But by the time he gets to the end of […]

November 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - emerging church
The Emerging Church and Bizarro Grace_

If you’re familiar with Superman, you might be familiar with one of his enemies, Bizarro. Bizarro is a doppelgänger of Superman—a broken, inverted, mirror image. For example, Bizarro comes from […]

Was Jesus forbidding believers from defending themselves and their families from assaults_

Questions about the Sermon on the Mount are always challenging. Here is one I just received: How would you exegete this passage (Matt 5:38-40)? I have read that in Jewish […]

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