Praise the Lord!
The command to praise God is a common one in the Old and New Testaments. Approximately 250 times in the Bible we read commands and declarative statements regarding praising the Lord. Yet as common as praising the Lord is in Scripture, it is much misunderstood. Many people mistakenly think that merely by saying or singing […]
How To Have An Effective Quiet Time
“What a beautiful service!” is a comment you often hear after a fine public worship gathering. But we shouldn’t be solely dependent for our spiritual nourishment on weekly or bi-weekly services at church. We need “Christian” vitamins every day! It is appalling how many believers don’t follow the advice of the (true) chorus: Read your […]
Not Simply Semantics
By Stan Nelson Is the argument between Free Grace and Lordship Salvation just a semantic issue? Do both camps merely use different words to express the same message? Are people nitpicking when they see a distinct difference between a salvation provided (received by faith alone) and a salvation partly earned (received by dedication and service)? […]
A Voice from the Past: Keeping the Issue Clear in Evangelism
By Lewis Sperry Chafer The Word of God makes no appeal to the unsaved for a betterment of life. There is but one issue in this dispensation between God and the unregenerate man, and that is neither character nor conduct; it is the personal appeal of the Gospel of the grace of God. Until the […]
Grace Churches
Finding a church home is a very important concern we all have when we move. GES provides a service to help. We maintain a list of churches in the U.S. which agree with our doctrinal position. If someone calls or writes our office, we are happy to let them know if there are any churches […]
A Punishment Worse Than Death — Hebrews 10:26-31
“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of […]
No Second Repentance? – Hebrews 6:4-8
4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for […]
Pouncers Or Pray-ers
Pregnant? Someone’s got little Estelle pregnant? No! Who would have thought it?” The college/career Bible study had just ended with the hymn, “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee.” Now it was time to socialize. “She’s really wrecked her Christian testimony,” said Lex Pharis. “It sure won’t help our Bible study group either!” Jean van Dort […]
Hot Peppers and Cupped Hands: Cross-Cultural Prison Evangelism
by Jay Leatherman with Alfy Austin The scene was the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. I came to the prison, not as a result of a felony, but as part of the Bill Glass Evangelistic Association Total Prison Weekend outreach. It was late on Saturday afternoon, my second day of sharing the […]
“Soul Salvation,” Part 5 — Suffering Which Results in Abundant Life — 1 Peter 1:9
“Receiving the end of your faith–the salvation of your souls.” This is the most difficult of the passages on “soul salvation” in the Bible, in my opinion. A casual reading of this text seems to suggest that eternal salvation is in view. This is suggested by the fact that the salvation in question is said […]