Making Your Calling and Election Sure: An Exposition of 2 Peter 1:5-11
This article, originally published in three parts in The Kerugma Message (Nov-Dec 1991, and Spring and Winter 1992), has been slightly edited and revised and is used by permission of Kerugma, Inc. Individuals may receive The Kerugma Message at no cost by sending their name and address to Kerugma, Inc., PO Box 141167, Dallas, TX […]
Doesn’t God Save Everyone the Same Way?
by Ralph Grant Over 25 years ago, I trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior. It was like nothing I had ever experienced in my life. Overwhelmed by God’s love, I found a joy and peace that was indescribable. With perfect confidence in Christ I knew without a doubt that He had paid the […]
Salvation Before Calvary
Very frequently people ask us questions about salvation in the OT. Before Christ died on the cross, what did a person have to do in order to have eternal life? There is much confusion on how people were saved in the OT era. Many people mistakenly believe that prior to the cross people were saved […]
Whom Are We Trying to Please? – 1 Thessalonians 2:2-4
by Jeff Ropp In recent months my understanding of Matt 7:13-14 has been filled with new meaning and appreciation as a result of facing opposition to the gospel of Free Grace. Matthew 7:13-14 reads: Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there […]
Faith on the Rocks – Luke 8:11-13
Linda is driving down the freeway with her radio tuned to a Christian station. She hears the gospel clearly proclaimed and joyfully receives the message, believing in Christ for eternal life. Tragically, one minute later a drunk driver crosses the median and hits her car, killing her instantly. Would Linda go to heaven or hell? […]
Rescued by Grace—Twice
by anonymous The following is a letter written by a GES member in Ohio to GES Executive Director, Bob Wilkin. We thought you would be encouraged by the letter. I was working for a glass company at an east Toledo plant. There was a Christian man in our department who openly witnessed for the Lord […]
Whoever Says “You Fool!” Shall Be in Danger of Hell Fire — Matthew 5:22
Recently I received a call regarding this passage from Pastor Rick Lawrenson of Nags Head Baptist Church in Nags Head, North Carolina. Rick is preaching through the Sermon on the Mount, (a brave man!) and this passage was giving him trouble: Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of […]
The Uncertainty Principle
By Stan Nelson In 1927, German physicist Werner Heisenberg proposed what is known as “the uncertainty principle.” It says that both the position and velocity of a subatomic particle can’t be precisely measured at the same time. Measuring either one of these interferes with measuring the other. Certainty and Eternal Life Life is filled with […]
Why Some Calvinists Teach That Good Works Are a Condition of Salvation
Calvinists say that justification is by faith alone (sola fide in Latin). That is the view that God declares sinners to be in right standing with Him (“not guilty”) the moment they simply believe in Christ. Obviously, or so it would seem to the uninitiated, there is no place for works in justification in Calvinism. […]
Rediscovering the Joy of My Salvation: A Personal Testimony
By Becky Tidd I was only five years old when I believed that God sent his Son, the Lord Jesus, for me so that I might have eternal life. At that time in my life it was so simple and sensible because I knew I was not good enough to make it to heaven on […]