Giving Away the Free Gift!
By Allen Rea The Importance of Evangelism Evangelism. So many give lip service to it, but fewer and fewer do the work. Evangelism is giving the gift of the gospel to the unsaved. Evangelism, like love, is something commanded of all Christians. What is evangelism? It has been defined in many ways. Some define it […]
Believe to Live: Luther, Paul, and Habakkuk 2:4
By John H. Niemelä The-just-by-faith shall live (Hab 2:4, Author’s Translation). A Controversy Paul’s use of Hab 2:4 in Rom 1:17 is controversial today. What did Paul mean? What did Habakkuk mean? Did Paul quote Habakkuk out of context? Traditionally, many Evangelicals have followed Martin Luther’s interpretation. Luther argued that Paul was right to quote […]
Bible Heroes Had Messy Lives
By Marcia Hornok God highlighted certain men and women by name in Hebrews 11 because they lived by faith in His promises, not by what they saw, felt, or experienced. The chapter repeatedly says they focused on eternity, not earth (vv 10, 13-16, 24-27, 35). And yet most of them were seriously flawed. Noah got […]
When Christians Walk in Darkness
By Lewis Sperry Chafer Rewards may be forfeited, or lost, but this cannot be said of salvation First Corinthians 9:27: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” (disapproved). The context is only of rewards […]
Q&A
By Staff According to the Scriptures Q: Paul says that “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. What Scriptures was he referring to? Isaiah 53? ~TP, email. A: Quite a few, though Paul does not indicate which he has in mind. Here are just some of the OT texts which I believe prophesy […]
Is Jesus Prominent or Preeminent?
By Shawn Lazar I love mountains. Given a choice between a mountain cabin, a beach resort, or an ocean cruise, I’ll take the cabin. Sadly, Texas has few mountains. The highest is Guadalupe Peak at 8,749 ft. Guadalupe might be prominent here in Texas, but not compared to the rest of the world. Mount McKinley […]
The Threefold Message of the Cross
By Lewis Sperry Chafer God Has Spoken The epistle to the Hebrews opens with a reference to the messages of God which have been projected into this world, and which have widened the possible scope of man’s understanding and action from the limitations of the things of this world and the conclusions of finite […]
Conflict Resolution—Genesis Style
By Marcia Hornok The Offense Relationship conflicts are inevitable, going all the way back to Cain and Abel. The most severe and lasting ones seem to be with kin. Do you have a relative or ex you try to avoid due to something done or said years ago? You may think it’s too late to […]
Fear Changes Your Focus (Luke 12:4)
By Shawn Lazar Early in my Christian life, when I was about eighteen, I had the chance to become a youth pastor. But I said no. Over the next several years, in different churches, and in different contexts, I was called to enter fulltime pastoral ministry. In each case, I refused. Why? In part, […]
The Broken Record Approach to Evangelism
By Bob Wilkin What Is This Approach? It was the start of the fall semester of my senior year in college. A friend, John Carlson, had invited me to a College Life meeting, a Christian outreach event. He got me there by asking, “Is it possible that your view of the gospel is wrong?” […]