Works of Art for the Refrigerator (Matthew 25:20)
By Ken Yates INTRODUCTION If you walk into pretty much any home, you will see works of art. There will be paintings or nicely framed prints on the walls. You might see sculptures on an end table. Many homes display in a highly visible place professionally done family portraits. As a general rule, the more […]
A Review of Leighton Flowers’s “The Potter’s Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology”
By Kathryn Wright Leighton Flowers is a former Calvinist Baptist minister and currently the Director of Evangelism and Apologetics for Texas Baptists. In The Potter’s Promise, he describes how he gave up on his belief in Calvinism. It took him three years of study to change his view. The start of the journey occurred when […]
H. A. Ironside (1876-1951)
By Bob Wilkin Henry (Harry) Allan Ironside was born on October 14, 1876, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Interestingly, Ironside quit school after eighth grade and never had any further formal education. Yet he authored more than twenty books. Some of his more famous works were Holiness: The False and the True, Except Ye Repent, Wrongly […]
Being Part of a Play (Mark 15:16-20)
By Ken Yates INTRODUCTION Most of us participated in a play while we were in school. I remember one I was in that was about the founding of the United States. I don’t know what kind of play that would be called. I would call it a historical play. But I have been told that […]
Elisha’s Great Faith
By Bill Fiess and Pam Esteven While listening through 2 Kings, I was impressed anew with Elisha’s great faith. Again and again, he faces problems that occur in ordinary life, yet Scripture never records that he becomes flustered. Instead, he demonstrates great faith in the Lord; time after time, he sees God’s power and deliverance. […]
Voice from the Past: Doctrinal Déjà Vu An Old Issue: Faith and Assurance*
By Zane C. Hodges *This article originally appeared in the February 1989 issue of what was then Grace in Focus newsletter.1 “What goes around, comes around,” people often say. And though they rarely do so, they could say it about theological controversy, too! Recently my attention was called to a hundred-year-old book entitled, Discussions by […]
Clothed with Humility (1 Peter 5:5-11)
By Shawn Lazar Humility is not a favorite virtue, especially in American culture. We much prefer pride, self-aggrandizement, and the ruthless promotion of our personal “brand.” But that is not how Christianity works. Someone said we have an “upside-down spirituality.” I agree. That is part of the pattern and offense of the cross. As Harold […]
When Assurance of Salvation is Fleeting*
By Bob Wilkin Several years ago, I received an email from a friend. He gave me a link to an article entitled “When Assurance of Salvation Is Fleeting.”2 It was a Feb 15, 2017, blog by Jason Helopoulos at The Gospel Coalition. The first two headings of the blog give you a good idea of […]
Robert Sandeman (1718-1771)
By Michael D. Makidon1 BIOGRAPHY For most, the Lordship controversy began in the late 1970’s to early 1980’s. However, in an article entitled “History Repeats Itself,” J. I. Packer correctly noted, “The view that saving faith is no more than ‘belief of the truth about Christ’s atoning death’ is not new. It was put forward […]
Blessings or Curses—Which Do You Want?
By Ken Yates INTRODUCTION A reader recently sent in a question to GES: “Could you point me to Bible references in which the blessings for the obedient Christian and the curses for the disobedient Christian are listed? Thanks, T.V.” I will attempt to answer that question in this article. The Bible is crystal clear that […]