Hearing and Doing: An Opportunity
But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it” (Luke 8:21). In Luke 8:21, the Lord stresses the importance of hearing and doing the wordi of God. Some take this verse as being addressed to unbelievers. They need to hear the […]
Which Study Bible Is Best?
I am often asked this question. It is tough to answer, since so many factors are involved. Is the study Bible in question clear on the saving message? Six literal days of creation? Pre-tribulation Rapture? Dispensationalism? Eschatology? Eternal rewards? Inerrancy? Ecclesiology? Christology? Pneumatology? And so on. The most important feature in a study Bible is […]
Looking for Good Employees
I have a lot of respect for people who can start their own businesses. They’re able to take a chance and do something new. It’s like rolling the dice. It’s exciting. But they don’t take the safe route. In this area, I’m the opposite. I’m happy working for somebody who’s already started a profitable business. […]
In What Sense Is Everlasting Life the Gift of God?
In Eph 2:8-9, Paul says that everlasting life is “the gift of God.” Well, some object when I say that, because Paul actually says that salvation is the gift of God (“By grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God, not of works…”). But three verses earlier, Paul makes it clear […]
The Wages of Sin
Careful students of the Word of God have pointed out to me the deadly consequences of sin. Most Evangelicals say that sins send a person to the lake of fire. That is not true. A person who is cast into the lake of fire will be there because they did not believe in Jesus for […]
Why Sabbath Confusion Is Hazardous
Chariots of Fire is one of my top ten movies of all time. I love track and field and I love overcomer movies. Eric Liddell, pronounced Little in England, was one of the stars of the movie. He was scheduled to run the hundred meters in the 1924 Paris Olympics. But one of the qualifying […]
Second Peter 2:22 Revisited
Second Peter 2:22 is often considered a problem text for the Free Grace position. Peter speaks of a person who has the “knowledge” of the Lord and Savior of Jesus Christ. Such a person has “escaped the pollution of the world.” He has lived a righteous life. Is this a description of a believer or […]
Three Additional Questions about the Righteous Person
On Monday, February 10, I wrote a blog on the expressions the righteous and the just in Scripture. See here. I’m writing an immediate follow–up because I received three excellent questions about what I failed to comment upon. Question 1: Why did Peter call Lot righteous in 2 Pet 2:7-8? Peter wrote that God “delivered […]
When a Righteous Person Disappoints (2 Tim 4:10)
Many people in churches today believe that a true believer cannot fail morally, at least not too badly. If such a person “backslides” for an extended period, it shows he is a false professor, according to their theology. Those who understand the grace of God know that such theology is nonsense. The Bible teaches that […]
The Baleful Bashing of Belief
*The following is from the conclusion of chapter 2 of Absolutely Free: A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation, pp. 31-32. In a justly famous passage about Abraham, the great Biblical model of saving faith, Paul writes these words: “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness’” […]