Assurance Can Be an Elusive Thing (Mark 10:17) 

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You don’t have to talk to many people in churches today to soon discover that the majority of them do not know if they will “go to heaven” when they die. It is common to hear people say things like “I hope so,” or “I am trying.” GES has been in the forefront of the
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Cuando la Transigencia es Destructiva

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Para muchas personas, existe un fuerte deseo de llegar a acuerdos. Todos nos encontramos en situaciones en las que no coincidimos con otras personas de nuestro entorno. En muchos de estos casos, queremos tener algún tipo de relación con estas personas implicadas. La transigencia es la forma de conseguirlo. A todos nos han hablado de
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Free Grace Theology: Standing in the Breach

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Evangelical conservative Christians, and even just older conservative people, all understand that there is a cultural battle going on. The battle is often described as being against postmodernism. Whatever name it goes by, we see what is going on. We live in a day when many believe there is no ultimate source of truth. Things
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The Walls Have Ears 

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There is a phrase that I have heard, but I am not sure everybody uses it. The phrase is, “The walls have ears.” The meaning of the phrase is that adults need to be careful what they say. Children not only can hear what adults say, but they are listening. This is true even when
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33 é melhor do que 1 (Efésios 1:3)

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Muitos anos atrás, em uma classe do seminário, fomos obrigados a ler a Teologia Sistemática de Lewis S. Chafer. Em uma parte, ele disse que quando uma pessoa crê em Jesus Cristo, ela recebe 33 bênçãos de Deus. Quando acreditamos, recebemos mais do que vida eterna! Como uma observação geral, este ponto freqüentemente faz uma
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A Palavra ‘Evangelho’ no Livro de Romanos

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A palavra “evangelho” é uma palavra interessante, mas mal compreendida. Na verdade, no livro de Bob Wilkin, As Dez Palavras Mais Malcompreendidas da Bíblia (você pode obter este ótimo livro no site do GES), Bob o escolhe como um dos dez. A razão pela qual é mal interpretado é porque quando a maioria dos cristãos
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Money Can Buy Love (Matthew 6:21)

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We have all heard the saying that money cannot buy love. I think the basic meaning of the phrase is that if we try to gain the affections of another person, we cannot do it by showering that person with gifts or money. The other person will simply use you. He or she will act
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Algebra 201 (Mark 9:9)

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It has been a long time since I studied algebra in college. One thing I remember, though, is that you learn algebra in steps. When I see a long, complicated algebraic problem with all its x’s and y’s, I remember that you had to go through those steps in order to solve it. The teacher
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