Grace In Action
I have made a couple of attempts to write out my testimony, but it is still very painful for me to “relive” the 25 year period in which I was in bondage to false teaching concerning the Gospel and “estranged” from my dear Savior. During this time I made many attempts to be totally and […]
Proclaiming the Gospel: Is There Room for Diversity?
A few years ago, a popular recording artist was crooning it: “Love is in the air…” Today, this seems to be the refrain in theological circles. Rather than focusing on distinctives, the emphasis is on loving reconciliation at any cost. Some evangelicals are now pushing for unity with Roman Catholics. The concern of these leaders […]
If We Endure, We Will Reign with Him – 2 Timothy 2:11-13
Accountability. That is a popular term today. It is a buzzword in many churches. People need to be accountable to someone. We all need someone to care about us and to pay attention to what we’re doing. Accountability is not merely horizontal, person to person. It is also vertical, person to God. While eternal life […]
Chaos at Camp
by Steve Elkins It was a week-long high school evangelistic camp—four hundred kids from all parts of the country. At the nightly counselors’ meeting one of the youth ministers questioned the speaker. “I don’t understand. Two nights ago my kids were sure they were Christians, now they’re not sure. I went over what you said […]
Obedience to the Faith – Romans 1:5
When I was six years old my parents enrolled me in a religious boys club. We played football, basketball, and baseball each weekend. One day each week after school we would meet for practice and for our “club meeting.” At the meeting we would receive religious instruction. I was taught that in order to be […]
Examine Your Mindset – John 13:1-11
by Earl D. Radmacher In John 13:1-11, there appears a vivid example of the way Jesus demonstrated the truth of the Word by modeling it for His disciples. Notice His mindset in verse three: “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was […]
The Lord Opened Her Heart – Acts 16:14
The Issue: God’s Part and Our Part in Salvation What is God’s part and what is our part in salvation? There are few more difficult subjects than this one. One extreme is to so emphasize God’s sovereignty as to totally eliminate any human role in salvation at all. Reformed theology does this. It suggests that […]
Work Out Your Salvation
by Perry Brown I have sometimes heard Christians go into interpretative gymnastics when confronted with the command in Phil 2:12 to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” The explanation I remember hearing most is that “we can only work out a salvation that God has already worked in.” In other words, Paul was […]
Love The Lord—Or Else – 1 Corinthians 16:22
Recently I ventured into the world of the Internet. I carefully dipped my big toe in the waters of a bulletin board on Lordship Salvation. It has been very interesting. In one posting two people were discussing Paul’s anathema in 1 Cor 16:22. There Paul says, “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, […]
The Power of Grace
by Robert Perkins Free Grace Theology is a system that concerns itself with the purity of the Gospel message of salvation through faith alone in Christ alone. The sixteenth century reformers coined the term sola fide in distinguishing their soteriology from Rome’s, but how does faith alone affect individuals today? Is the current debate between […]