Musings on Missions
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Parting with the Theologians
By Andrew Engelman You Can’t Be Sure? They threw it all at me—all of it. They said that before the fall of man, God ordained who would be saved. They told me I was dead, a corpse, unable to receive the gift of grace unless it had already been chosen for me. I had to […]
Pew Card Evangelism
By Marcia Hornok Recently I attended a large Bible church, well known in Evangelical circles for expository sermons and the longevity of its lead pastor’s ministry. He has a vast online presence; his popular study Bible has been distributed worldwide, and he founded a seminary to train pastors. Enjoying the organ music while waiting for […]
Must You Believe in Christ’s Deity to Be Saved?
By Zane Hodges Question September 30, 2007 Dear Zane, I pray that all is going well with you. You are constantly in my prayers for your strength, endurance, health, and wisdom for interpretation and writing. In your two-part talk and paper at the GES [conference], “How to Lead People to Christ (Part 1 and Part […]
Why Are the Amish Against Assurance?
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Free Grace Gives Better Reasons to Obey God
By Shawn Willson A Common Accusation Someone recently shared with me an article by R.C. Sproul entitled, “What Is Saving Faith?” (www.ligonier.org/blog/what-savingfaith/). In Sproul’s definition, he made the following statement defining the Free Grace view of saving faith from his perspective: “for antinomians, faith minus works equals justification.” The Free Grace community would proudly proclaim […]
Why Do We Make It So Difficult to Be Saved?
By Bob Wilkin Hal and Wanda ask this provocative question: I guess this is more a philosophical question than a theological one. Why do you think individuals want to make it so difficult to be saved? You would think they would be eager to embrace faith alone as the saving message. I guess the spirit […]
The Walls Have Ears
By Ken Yates See original blog post here.
Romans 12: A Concise Commentary
From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Introduction: The Call to Be a Living Sacrifice (12:1-2) 12:1. Paul has now reached the point where the practical implications of his theology can be spelled out as they relate to personal behavior. He appeals to the believing readers (I exhort you therefore, brothers) […]
5 Ways to Teach Kids About Gender
By Summer Stevens From Tolerance to Forced Approval There is an intentional attempt to indoctrinate your children to the LGBTQ lifestyle, and your church is likely doing nothing about it. This indoctrination is evident in obvious ways, such as in the mandatory teaching of LGBTQ history in many states across the country and a push […]