Six Questions on Assurance, Part 3

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We are considering six objections to the teaching that assurance of everlasting life is of the essence of saving faith. In this blog we consider objections three and four.   The third objection is that John 20:31 is saying someone can correctly perceive who Jesus is and yet not believe that by faith in Him, he has everlasting
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Six Questions Regarding Assurance of Salvation, Part 2

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In this blog I will discuss the first two objections to assurance being of the essence of saving faith as stated in Part 1. Those two objections are that when a person believes in Christ, he has objective assurance, even if he is not sure he is eternally secure, and that 1 John 5:13 proves that point.   First, I
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The Importance of Understanding the OT to Understand the NT

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I wrote a review of a book and published a form of the review as a blog post. That led to this excellent question:  Hi, Bob,  I enjoyed reading today’s blog post, Irresistible, by Pastor Andy Stanley. You made several astute points.  However, in response to one of the main points you identified in Stanley’s book, you wrote, “Item
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Reaping Eternal Life for Work Done? (Galatians 6:8)

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A U.S. pastor sent me this excellent question:  Grace in Focus Crew,  Thanks for the series on eternal rewards. Not sure if you covered this yet: Galatians 6:8 says, “For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” 
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Are You Cross Wise?

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There has been confusion for twenty years now concerning what Zane Hodges wrote about the cross and resurrection. In 1999 at our national conference, he delivered two messages on how to lead a person to Christ. In those messages he said that believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose bodily from the dead does not mean that
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