Unless You Repent You Will All Likewise Perish (Luke 13:3, 5)

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I’ve been working on a book on repentance. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on this subject over thirty years ago. Then about a dozen years later, I changed my understanding of repentance, and of the passage we discuss in this blog.   This chapter is drawn from one of the proposed chapters for this upcoming book.  
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The Role of Women in the Local Church

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Recently a friend pointed me to a blog (see here) at patheos.com. The blog is entitled, “Why Arguments Against Women in Ministry Aren’t Biblical.” The June 2, 2015, blog was written by leading NT scholar Ben Witherington. In this blog, Witherington argues that there is a bigger role for women in the local church than many conservative Evangelicals believe. I welcome the opportunity to interact on
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Salvation in Romans and Hebrews

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A reader asks, “I heard Bob say that the word save never refers to eternal life or justification in Romans or Hebrews. However, the following texts seem very much to refer to spiritual salvation: Rom 5:9-10; 8:24; 10:1; Heb 7:25. What should we think about them?”  Okay. Here is a brief explanation of each of
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What about Verses Which Seem to Use Trust In Salvific Contexts?

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In a recent blog entitled “Recording Radio Programs Has Been Fun and Challenging” (see here), I included a short discussion of something I had said on one of the shows about the difference between trusting and believing. That led to many comments.   Two of the comments to that blog mentioned verses in which the word
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What Type of Salvation Is James Talking About?

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Earlier today I read a blog someone wrote criticizing GES and me for our stand on the Free Grace message. Among other things, the author said that our view that salvation in James refers to deliverance from temporal judgment is so ridiculous that by itself it repudiates our position.   I’ve read books and articles which
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Dr. Wayne Grudem Says that John 2:23 Refers to “Genuine Trust in Christ”

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Today I received a call asking me about something Dr. Wayne Grudem said in his book Free Grace Theology: 5 Ways It Diminishes the Gospel. In a footnote on page 110 (note 14), Grudem writes, “It seems to me that there is room for disagreement over the meaning of ‘many believed in his name’ in John
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Romans 8:1 May Not Mean What You Think It Means, Part 2

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Romans 8:1 is widely misunderstood for two reasons: first, katakrima, the word typically translated as condemnation, does not mean that. We discussed that in Part 1 of this blog. Second, the people being described as having no katakrima are not all who believe in Christ for everlasting life, but a particular type of believer. That
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