Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.(Matt 13:44) Have you ever made a great buy–something you were delighted to obtain? It feels great to buy something you

A common evangelistic appeal today is: “Receive Christ and you will be saved.” While that appeal is commonly used, it is very uncommon in Scripture! Only one passage refers to “receiving Christ” as a condition of eternal life. yet there are over a hundred which refer to believing in Him as the one and only

I began to share my faith regularly shortly after I became a Christian during my third year in college. For about a year, whenever I got to the invitation, I would challenge people to ask Jesus into their hearts to be saved. Odd things began to happen. These things forced me back to the Scriptures

“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means, I may attain to the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on . . . I press on

“Now concerning things offered to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies.” Have you ever seen a blow fish? It’s a little fish until it is threatened. Then it puffs itself up into to a big ball. It is a picture of arrogance and aloofness. There are some

“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God . . . . And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night. .

I have found that many on both sides of the Free Grace/Lordship Salvation debate are unable to delineate clearly the major differences between the views. In addition, I have discovered that most are unable to clearly articulate differences within each view.   DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VIEWS The Free Grace View. All holding the Free Grace

While there are many passages which speak of righteousness which is imputed to the believer (e.g., Rom 4:3-6; 2 Cor 5:21; Gal 3:6), the majority of passages speaking about righteousness do not refer to imputed righteousness. Rather, they refer to lives which are actually characterized by righteous deeds! The terms righteous, righteousness, and righteously (Gk.

“But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.” (Luke 8:13) This is how the Lord Jesus explained His teaching about the second soil in the Parable of the Four

“Do you believe in eternal security?” I have asked this question to many people. I find it to be an outstanding way to initiate a conversation about the Gospel. I began using this question when I was a pastor. I discovered that most people do not know what the expression eternal security means. This opens