Absolutely Sure

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Absolutely Sure. By Steven J. Lawson. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, 1999. 190 pp. Paper, $12.99. This could have been a shorter book. Lawson (author and pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, AL) early on states that “the assurance of our salvation rests upon the impregnable rock of God’s Word. Our confidence about heaven
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Are You Stone Deaf to the Spirit or Rediscovering God

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Are You Stone Deaf to the Spirit or Rediscovering God. By R.T. Kendall. Scotland, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications,1994. 255 pp. Paper. For nearly 2,000 years, Hebrews 6:4-6 has been a theological battleground. The reason being, this passage presents grave difficulties for evangelicalism’s two most prominent theological systems: Calvinism and Arminianism. Calvinists teach that saved people
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Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works

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Confident in Christ: Living by Faith Really Works.By Robert N. Wilkin. Irving, TX: Grace Evangelical Society, 1999. 287 + xii pp. Paper, $9.95. Robert Wilkin is a man after my own heart. He has a passion to handle the Word of God accurately in order that he might stand approved after testing by God. In
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A Hymn of Grace: I’m a Child of the King

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Frances Mosher Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, TX My Father is rich in houses and lands; He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands! Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold, His coffers are full-He has riches untold. My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men, Once wandered o’er earth as the poorest
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Why Lordship Faith Misses the Mark for Discipleship

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  CHARLIE BING Director, GraceLife Ministries Burleson, TX This article is from a message originally delivered March 31, 1999 at the Grace Evangelical Society’s fourth annual conference. It has been edited slightly for publication. What is your definition of a disciple? We know that good theology often boils down to good definitions, and in good
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A Voice from the Past: Life Received

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JAMES H. BROOKES[1] This article is excerpted from Chapter V of From Death Unto Life (Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Association, n.d.), 55-66. Scripture text has been changed from the KJV to NKJV for ease in reading. “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be
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