God Hates Sin Because He Loves Sinners
by Grant Hawley Introduction As part of our training at a previous job, the staff watched a video together about sensitivity toward homosexuals. The basic message of the video was: even if you love homosexuals and treat them with dignity and respect, it is bigoted to believe that homosexuality is sin. In fact, it is […]
GraceWord Puzzle
Across Down 4. Can be a term used to describe wayward believers (see Luke 15) 1. God hates when people do this. 6. Jesus knew the fig tree was a fig tree even without this. 2. Since we are in a _________ state, we are not probationaries. 7. Not understanding the difference between justification and […]
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A Different Type of Grieving (1 Thess 4:13-18)
Paul said, “I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope” (1 Thess 4:13). As we shall see, Paul is talking about a different type of grieving. Prior to the fall of Adam and Eve, people were incapable of dying. […]
The Sons of God and Great Wickedness (Genesis 6:1-8; 2 Peter 2:4)
Introduction Genesis 6:1-8 is one of the most amazing passages in the entire Bible. This passage touches on issues like fallen angels, demons, Noah’s flood, man’s sinfulness, God’s judgment, hell, and grace. The mythologies of the Greeks and other cultures in which the gods had superhuman children by having sexual relations with humans may be […]
A Voice from the Past: James Hall Brookes on Assurance
From Salvation: The Way Made Plain Originally published in 1871 by American Sunday-School Union, Philadelphia. You know whether you are trusting in Him alone for salvation, or whether you expect to enter heaven on any other ground; and if you can truthfully say that your trust is in Jesus, and in none but Jesus, you […]
Church Spotlight Resurgence Church
Resurgence Church, Evansville, IN Resurgence Church is a small congregation of free grace believers in southern Indiana. Resurgence seeks for sound biblical exegesis and vibrant worship and creates opportunities of service in the community of Evansville, Indiana, while allowing for a casual church experience. Resurgence exists to build fresh faith into the lives of […]
Joined Together at the Bema
by Grant Hawley Introduction Recently, I found myself curious about the English Standard Version (ESV) translation because a lot of my Reformed friends use it. As I was hopping around to a few of my favorite passages, 2 Cor 5:14 jumped out at me. It says, “For the love of Christ controls us, because we […]
Free Grace DOES Take Sin Seriously
by Paul Miles Back in the days when Presidents went to church, Calvin Coolidge’s wife asked him about a service he had recently attended. She asked him, “What was the service about?” to which, he replied, “Sin.” Of course, this begs the follow up question, “Well, what did he say about sin?” to which Coolidge […]
Faith with Works Is Profitable: Abraham Offers Up His Only Son, Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19)
God promised Abraham a son when Abraham was 75. God made him wait 25 years for the fulfillment of that promise. It wasn’t until he was 100 that Sarah gave birth to their promised son, Isaac. When Isaac, whose name means Laughter, was weaned, his half-brother Ishmael mocked him. Thus God expelled the slave woman, […]