Ang Pagbabanal Ba Ay Sa Pamamagitan Ng Pananampalataya Lamang, Hiwalay Sa Mga Gawa?

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Kamakailan may nabasa akong artikulo ng isang nagpapakilalang nanghahawak sa posisyong Free Grace. Iminungkahi niya na ang pagpapahayag ng katuwiran (justification) at ang pagbabanal (sanctification) ay parehong sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya, hiwalay sa mga gawa. Totoo ba ito? Bagama’t ang pagpapahayag ng katuwiran ay sa pamamagitan ng pananampalataya hiwalay sa mga gawa, ang pagbabanal ba
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Is Repentance a Change of Mind or Heart Concerning Our Sins? Part 1

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Recently GES Board Chairman Brad Doskocil alerted me to two articles on repentance, by two people who self-identify as Free Grace.i They suggest that Church History shows that repentance has been widely understood as a change of mind or a change of heartii. I argued in my doctoral dissertation that in forty-four verses, repentance in
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Are There No Righteous People?

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Tom asks, Just finished reading your book, Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance. Exegetically sound and insightful.  A masterful work.  THANK YOU so much.     Just one question: on page 115 you state that the righteousness of Zacharias and Elizabeth spoken of in Luke 1:6-7 is not speaking of imputed righteousness. How does this reconcile with
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