Q&A
By Staff How Does the Work of Christ Relate To His Person and His Promise? Question: I watched some of the videos on your site, but I am still confused about what I have to do to be saved. I am confused about what the work of Christ has to do with my salvation. I […]
Faith Is Just Believing
Near the beginning of Sir Walter Scott’s classic novel Ivanhoe, the fool Wamba discusses the difference between good old AngloSaxon words (like swine and sheep) and the (then) new-fangled French words (like pork and mutton) that had been making headway in England since the Norman conquest of 1066. Many centuries later we still use Wamba’s […]
Our Real Home: A Review of Randy Alcorn’s “Heaven”
By L. E. (Bud) Brown The book’s 476 pages are distributed over 46 chapters and two appendices. The depth of Alcorn’s study is attested in 363 footnotes, a thirteen page subject index, and a helpful six page scripture index. A lengthy bibliography with 140 references shows the breadth of his research, but numerous helpful works […]
Free Grace for Baptists
Introduction Some Baptists identify as Arminian, others as Calvinist, and a few as Calminian. But there are many more Baptists who avoid each of these labels without having a name for what they believe. I would suggest that some are Free Grace without knowing it. Free Grace is a relatively new term but the theology […]
How Replacement Theology Distorted Christian Thought
By Ronald E. Diprose Christian Anti-Judaism The contempt for Israel and its institutions evident in early Christian writings such as the pseudonymous Epistle of Barnabas gradually turned to hate when it became clear that the Jewish people, theoretically disinherited by God, had not vanished from the scene. Two examples will suffice to show just how […]
Fostering Doubt: Reviewing Francis Chan’s Crazy Love
By Bruce Bauer Francis Chan is the senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church of Simi Valley, California. He is a graduate of Master’s College and Seminary, both founded and presided over by John MacArthur. Chan has also established a school called Eternity Bible College, having the goal of making Bible education affordable. The college meets […]