Faith Alone in Four Verses

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By Bob Wilkin An Excerpt from Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses Chapter One And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness (Genesis 15:6). My parents had given up hope. Though their first child, a daughter, came after just a few years of trying, the second child, another daughter,
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Paul & the Gift

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Paul & the Gift. By John M. G. Barclay. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. 656 pp. Cloth, $117.99. Barclay’s work will be foreign to those who are not familiar with the new perspective on Paul (hereafter, NPP). Barclay’s discussion of NPP (esp. pp. 151-182) presupposes that one is quite familiar with it. The book is
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The Foundation of Augustinian-Calvinism

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The Foundation of Augustinian-Calvinism. By Ken Wilson. NP: Regula Fidei Press, 2019. 121 pp. Paper, $14.99. I have known Ken Wilson for many years, having been his professor for five or six online classes, including four semesters of Greek (second- and third-year master’s level). He showed himself to be an outstanding student and researcher. He
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Salvation as Spiritual Health in 1 Corinthians

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Robert N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION There are nine uses of the Greek verb sōzein, to save, in 1 Corinthians (1 Cor 1:18, 21; 3:15; 5:5; 7:16, twice; 9:22; 10:33; 15:2). There are no uses of the related noun sōtēria, salvation. There are five uses of the Greek noun sōtēria in
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With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God

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With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God. By Skye Jethani. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2011. 121 pp. Paper, $14.99. This book is a rather skillfully disguised presentation of contemplative spirituality. Jethani cites Henri Nouwen a lot (pp. 119, 120, 161, 162, 165, 168, 193). He also cites other contemplative teachers, including Dallas Willard (p.
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Mental Assent and the Roman Soldiers Guarding Jesus’ Tomb (Matthew 28:12-15)

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JJ likes the material on faithalone.org. He has sent in an interesting question about mental assent: I really appreciate your website and content very much. I live in Houston, TX. Have you written/published anything on Matthew 28:12–15? The guards (and presumably the Chief Priests) knew the facts of Jesus’ death and resurrection were true, yet
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Los creyentes y las buenas obras

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Recibimos una pregunta por correo electrónico de un espectador sobre los cuatro pasajes explicados en un vídeo por mí y Shawn. En el vídeo, dijimos que la única condición para obtener la vida eterna es la fe en Cristo, pero si un creyente no vive para Dios, cosechará las consecuencias en está vida y también
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