The Majority Is Not Necessarily Right
By Alfy Austin Having grown up in a church where grace was preached, it was natural for her to believe one is saved by faith alone in Christ alone. As she got older she became aware that not everyone shared that understanding of the gospel. As her awareness grew it became clear that the grace […]
Cheap Grace and False Security
Recently I received the following letter: Dear Mr. Wilkin, The true Christian doesn’t cease to believe in Christ. Which is worse, not being sure of salvation and being saved or being sure and not being saved? Cheap grace is false security. R.E. That represents the thinking of many today. The Free Grace position is labeled […]
Letters to the Editor
I have recently been introduced to your GES newsletter. I have been a Christian one year now and it is refreshing to hear a clear presentation of the Word of God as well as Christian living. . . . There seems to be different trains of thought on assurance these days. My only hope of […]
The Gospel is Unhindered! – Acts 28:30-31
Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, unhindered. (Acts 28:30-31) The last word of the Book of Acts in the Greek text is the word akolutos. […]
What If It Doesn’t Work?
Quite a few years ago I was giving the gospel to a young Hispanic man. After a while he said: “It’s no use, Zane. Another preacher saved me, and it didn’t work.” I admit this response caught me by surprise. Still, I knew what the young man meant. It didn’t take any theological sophistication to […]
Further Questions About False Professors
In the August 1989 GES News I wrote an article about false professors-people who claim to be Christians but actually are not. The article was in response to a question a GES News reader asked about the subject. I suggested that false professors exist but that their problem is that they do not understand and […]
Are Those Who Believe in a Faith Plus Gospel Necessarily Unsaved?
I recently received the following letter from a reader: Dear Bob, In regard to your article in the Sept. 89 issue, “Evangelism: You Make the Call,” it is one thing to say that Christ alone saves; it is quite another to say that Christ plus does not save. Is not poor theology also forgiven if […]
Test Yourselves to See If You Are in the Faith: Assurance Based on Our Works? – 2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Prove yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?–unless you are disqualified. John Calvin taught that one should not look to his works for assurance of salvation. He said we should look to Christ, the object of our faith. However, his […]
Salvation by the Installment Plan?
Many Bible teachers are fond of a saying that goes like this: “You are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.” Doesn’t that sound neat? It states a fundamental truth–that we are saved by faith alone–then turns around and states that while it is faith alone that saves us, that […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Bob, We are thoroughly enjoying and benefitting from the GES News. When I am sure of what the gospel is, I find myself much more confident in telling it. Your articles help so much in clearing the confusion. Thank you, Tim and Brenda Wuthrich Whitewater, Kansas Dear Bob, We are enjoying the information […]