Five Petitions — John 17
John 17 contains Jesus’ high priestly prayer. It’s the longest prayer in the Bible, but you can read it in about three minutes. (If only all public prayers were that short!) Jesus prayed for Himself (vv 1-6), the apostles (vv 6-19), and for all believers (vv 20-26). But what did He ask, not for Himself, […]
Did the Puritans Die Without Assurance?
I received this question by email from RH in Florida: In your August 15, 2017 blog article, “Anybody Can Be a Christian for Five Hours or for Five Years,” you wrote: “Dr. R. T. Kendall in his book Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649 reports that nearly to a man the great Puritan theologians lamented […]
Radio: The Next Step
As many of you know, we’re thinking of going into radio. And people are excited about it! Although we only have the budget to fund airtime in one or two major markets to start (starting with Dallas/Fort Worth), several of you have already stepped forward to say you will pay for airtime on your local […]
Inerrancy Is Vital to Evangelism
Today a friend of mine, Dr. Dave Farnell, told me about a blog he posted, “The Danger from within the Church”, January 20, 2018, at the Defending Inerrancy website. In the article, which you can see here, Farnell shows that leading Evangelical New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Evans teaches that Jesus did not say any […]
What’s Your Method of Doing Evangelism?
Question First, I appreciate your ministry and the stand you take for free salvation. I may not agree with all of your positions, but I appreciate that you are willing to take and support this position which is becoming increasingly marginalized in religious circles today. Now, having read a few of the books/articles you offer […]
Christ’s Example of Love and Obedience
“But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence” (John 14:31). In John 14, Jesus is in the upper room with the disciples. They are all believers. Judas has already left the room. Jesus tells these believers […]
Liberty University
I believe the Free Grace message is ready to breakout. We have the content. We’ve done the hard exegesis. We’ve clarified many points of theology and have come to a clearer understanding of Scripture. Now we need to get the message out. But where? How about Liberty University? We know there are some Free Grace […]
Is Justification by Faith Alone Hard Work?
Recently a footnote in a book I was reading pointed me to an article with a puzzling title: “God Does Not Justify Sinners by Grace Alone through Faith Alone in Christ Alone to Make Salvation Easy for Us.” The article was published on August 31, 2010 at the gospel coalition website. The author is […]
More Questions about Training for Reigning
On January 31st I wrote a blog about why Dr. Earl Radmacher was right when he said that for the believer this life is “training time for reigning time.” In my blog I discussed the fact that while all believers will be in the kingdom, not all will rule with Him and of those who […]
In Sickness and in Health — Mark 9:7-9
The Wednesday before Christmas my wife and I both got sick. The kids had been coughing and sputtering the week before, but it didn’t hit us until I developed an excruciating ear-ache and went to the urgent care center. They said I had an ear-infection and gave me some amoxicillin, decongestant, Mucinex, and pain pills. […]