Did Jesus Give the Woman at the Well the Right Saving Message?
WB raises an important question: In the story of the woman at the well, Jesus told the woman essentially that she had to believe in Him to have everlasting life. Since His death and resurrection had not occurred yet, everlasting life seemed to be independent of believing in the work of Jesus on the cross. The two […]
The Walls Have Ears
There is a phrase that I have heard, but I am not sure everybody uses it. The phrase is, “The walls have ears.” The meaning of the phrase is that adults need to be careful what they say. Children not only can hear what adults say, but they are listening. This is true even when […]
What Can Eternally Secure Believers Lose? Your Local Church
Not every local church is spiritually healthy. Some prosper, while others languish. Some are united in loving purpose, while other churches are divided, divisive, and declining. When someone believes in Jesus for eternal salvation, from that moment on, nothing can separate him from the love of Christ (cf. Rom 8:35). The believer is guaranteed to […]
Was John Exaggerating Wildly in the Last Verse of His Gospel (John 21:25)?
At our recent annual conference, someone sent in this question, which we did not have time to answer at the time: John wrote, “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would […]
Will You Be with Your Spouse Forever on the New Earth?
LDO asks a simple yes or no question: Thank you so much for your teachings, from which I received everlasting life! PTL! Do you think I will be with my husband again on the new earth, in a union like marriage? A yes or no response would be sufficient!! I’m thrilled that you have received […]
What Can Eternally Secure Believers Lose? Kingdom Privileges
When eternally secure believers sin, they cannot lose eternal life, but they can lose their eternal rewards. Not many critics of eternal security have a doctrine of eternal rewards and therefore have trouble interpreting Biblical warnings about losing those rewards. Instead, they misinterpret those passages as references to losing salvation. For example, in Jesus’ letters […]
Does 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Contradict John 3:16?
A reader expresses his agreement with our understanding of what it means to believe in Christ, and then he asks how we explain 1 Cor 15:1-11: So, I was reading a few blog posts from the GES about what it means to believe in Christ. However, I actually had already known (more or less) of […]
What Can Eternally Secure Believers Lose? Their Rewards
Eternal life is free. In other words, it’s a gift. As Paul says: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Eph 2:8-9). Do not misunderstand the nature of God’s grace and what it excludes. The […]
Is There Danger in Yoga?
A ministry called Lighthouse Trails Publishing sent me a booklet by the late Ray Yungen (he died of complications from cancer treatment in 2016) entitled, Yoga—Exercise or Religion—Does It Matter?i This blog is in part a review and in part comments by me regarding my experiences with yoga. I came to faith through the ministry […]
What Can Eternally Secure Believers Lose? Their Physical Health
Everlasting life is forever. Once saved, always saved. But does that mean believers can sin without any consequences? Absolutely not. People are right to point out that the NT is filled with warnings to believers. But they’re wrong to think those warnings are about the possibility of losing eternal salvation. So what can believers lose? […]