What Are The Clearest Gospel Passages?

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Last month I spoke at a pastor’s conference in Kansas City, Missouri on the subject: “Lordship Salvation and the Analogy of Faith.” In this article I will share the gist of my remarks. The analogy of faith is a hermeneutical principle–a principle of Bible interpretation–which says that unclear passages should be understood in light of
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Do You Believe This? (John 11:26)

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Jesus said to her [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26) If you were to die tonight and appear before the Lord Jesus Christ and He
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He Who Does Good Is of God (3 John 11)

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In his third epistle John wrote to one man, Gaius–and through him to all believers of all time. Gaius was clearly a believer (v. 2-4). John’s purpose in writing was twofold: (1) to ask Gaius to continue giving material aid (food, clothing, shelter) to traveling evangelists who are clear on the Gospel (v. 5-8; see
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Out of the Darkness Into the Light

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Out of the Darkness Into the Light. By Gerald G. Jampolsky. New York: Bantam Books, 1989. 266 pp. Paper, $9.95. This book is a cleverly disguised promotion of New Age theology. Dr. Jampolsky, a psychiatrist, gives his New Age “testimony”-without ever openly identifying the book as such. He describes how he changed from being an
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Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith

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Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith. By Peter E. Gillquist. Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1989. 185 pp. Paper, $9.95. Gillquist and a number of other former Campus Crusade leaders started churches and then a denomination called the Evangelical Orthodox Church. Later the whole denomination, some two thousand people spread
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Clear Gospel Tracts

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I have received quite a number of requests from GES News readers for clear gospel tracts. GES has not yet produced any tracts of our own. Nor do we officially endorse any. However, there are quite a few which I personally like and which I think most of our readers would as well. The following
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Tough Questions About Saving Faith

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Recently I received a letter from a reader (GS) in Hibbing Minnesota who asked a number of excellent questions regarding saving faith. They included the following: Was Peter saved without seeing the need for Jesus Christ to die on the Cross (Matt 16:21-23)? Were the disciples saved without believing in the resurrection of Christ? Has
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