Does Salvation Require a Change of Mind?
I started and co-manage the Free Grace Theology Discussion Group on Facebook. It is not a GES ministry. It’s something I do in my free time. I started that group to be a place where people from across the FG community can come and discuss FG topics, and where outsiders can ask questions. If you […]
Why Isn’t the Word Disciple Used in the Epistles?
Several preliminary observations before we answer the question of this article. First, unbelievers can learn about Jesus. That is, they can be involved in following Jesus. Unbelievers can go to church, Sunday school, home Bible studies. They can even go to Bible college or seminary. We would be foolish to require that someone be […]
Not All Disciples of Christ Are Believers And Not All Believers Are Disciples
Recently I received this email suggestion: The Gospel of John says that many of his disciples went back and walked with Him no more (John 6:66). I find it informative that these people walked with Him no more. You would almost consider them apostates, those who never were really saved to begin with. But John […]
Walking and Talking — John 17:1
Do you know who prayed the longest prayer in the Bible? Jesus. On the night of His betrayal. You find His prayer in John 17. Jesus and the eleven had just left the Last Supper (John 14:31) and were on their way to the Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:1). As they were walking Jesus prayed: […]
Did Household Baptisms Include Infants?
“Enjoy your time with them now, because these years won’t last long.” Older people say that to me when I’m at the grocery store with my three kids and I have a haggard look on my face. “You don’t realize it now,” they’ll say, “but these are the best years of your life. They grow […]
Why Is This Life Training Time If We Will Never Sin in the Eternal Kingdom?
I wrote a blog on the impeccability of Jesus Christ. (See here.) In that blog I cited Dr. Earl Radmacher who said that for the believer this life is “training time for reigning time.” I then received this excellent question: Why? Why does God allow us to “train” when the “training” has no purpose? If […]
Why Are All The Gentile Sheep Found Faithful, But Only Five of the Ten Virgins? — Matthew 25:1-13 & 25:31-46
I received a very encouraging email from South Korea, the site of the winter Olympics this year. My name is DS and I currently reside in Korea. I have known GES since 2003 and I have been an avid reader of all the articles in GES. When I was struggling with my assurance of salvation […]
Jesus Answers the Big Concerns
What are the big questions most people are asking? What are they most concerned about? Given my job, I have a biased opinion. Grace Evangelical Society has a razor sharp focus on two issues: the promise of eternal life and assurance of salvation. People who contact GES are very interested in and have many questions […]
Shepherding Through Teaching — Eph 4:11-12
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ” (Eph 4:11-12). What is your pastor’s main job? Paul hints at the answer in Eph […]
Truth for Troubles — John 16
How can you exchange the world’s anxiety for God’s peace? R.B. Thieme, Jr. called it the faith-rest technique (see here), but he invented the name, not the practice itself. The method is simple. In the face of trouble, you put your faith in God. More specifically, you put your faith in a Bible promise or […]