On several occasions I have been questioned about a verse which seems to say that those seeking the praise of men cannot come to faith in Christ-John 5:44. In context, Jesus was speaking to unbelieving, legalistic, Jews. They were actually seeking to kill Him because He healed on the Sabbath and made Himself equal with

This article is part 2 in a series on salvation in the Old Testament. Salvation in the Psalms: Deliverance from Today’s Troubles Do believers need saving? According to the Psalms the answer is a resounding Yes. Doing so reveals a dependence on God. In this article we will consider the uses of the words save

There is probably more confusion over the terms save and salvation than any other terms in the Bible. Even solid Free Grace believers are sometimes confused by the use of these terms in Scripture. Most people think that the vast majority of uses of the words save and salvation in Scripture refer to salvation from

I once read an article entitled “One Verse Evangelism.” The author, Randy Raysbrook, advocated using just one verse when sharing the gospel. He pointed out that when we bombard unbelievers with lots of verses, we end up confusing them. They experience overload and can’t take it all in. Recently I came up with a semi-facetious

Christians love to sing of the worthiness of our Lord Jesus Christ. The hymn Thou Art Worthy is a good example of a praise song. However, we never sing of, and rarely even think about, our own worthiness. And in one sense this is fitting, if we are speaking of being worthy to spend eternity