A Comparison of Justification and Sanctification

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Justification* Sanctification Justification is free (John 4:1). Sanctification in costly (Luke 14:25-33). Justification is instantaneous (John 3:8). Sanctification is a life-long process (John 8:31). Justification is by faith (Eph 2:8). Sanctification is by faithfulness (1 Cor 4:2). Justification is not of works (Eph 2:9). Sanctification is of works (Eph 2:10). Justification involves Christ’s love for
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Believers and the Bema

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This is a small excerpt of an article which will appear in the Spring 1995 Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society. by Earl Radmacher There are many people today who are rightfully distressed by the level of living of many of their fellow Christians, at least those who profess life in Christ. They see them
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Lordship Salvation: Some Crucial Questions and Answers

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Lordship Salvation: Some Crucial Questions and Answers. Including a Reply to “So Great Salvation” by Charles C. Ryrie and “Absolutely Free!” by Zane C. Hodges. By Robert Lescelius. Asheville, NC: Revival Literature, 1992. 217 pp. Paper, $6.99. Add another book to the lordship side of the Lordship Salvation controversy. The balance of books is on
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Growing Through Conflict

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Growing Through Conflict. By Erwin Lutzer. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1992. 156 pp. Paper, $5.99. This short and easy-to-read Bible study book is from the Life-in-Perspective Series. As always, Dr. Lutzer captures the reader with his simple, clear, and illustrative style. The book is meant to be read along with most of 1 and 2 Samuel
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Leadershift

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Leadershift. By Doug Murren. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1994. 228 pp. Cloth, $15.99. Doug Murren is a self-proclaimed “third-wave charismatic” who believes that all the sign gifts (such as prophecy) are active today. He has seen his church in Kirkland, Washington grow from just a few members to several thousand in less than 15 years.
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“Grace” by D. L. Moody

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by D. L. MOODY* I am going to take tonight a subject rather than a text. I want to talk to you about Free Grace. I say “Free Grace”; perhaps I had better drop the word free and say just grace. There is a sermon just in the meaning of the word. It is one
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A Critique of Keith A. Fournier’s a House United? Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A Winning Alliance for the 21st Century

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Robert N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX I. Introduction I am very interested in this book for a number of reasons. First, the man who assisted in the writing of this book, Bill Watkins, was my contemporary in seminary. Second, recently at a meeting of Bible scholars in Chicago, Bill and I
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Believers and the Bema

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EARL RADMACHER* I. Introduction Several years ago while I was preaching in a church in the state of Washington, the pastor forgot to pray before we proceeded. So, as he was about to sit down he said to me, “Oh, by the way, I forgot to pray. Would you pray before you preach?” And I
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