November 1, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Grace in Focus Articles

by S.C. Lazar Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov contains what is perhaps the most depressing illustration of salvation I have ever encountered. It is called the “Parable of the Onion” and […]

October 23, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Assurance, Free Grace, Soteriology

Assurance Lost In a recent article in Christianity Today (“Should We Stop Asking Jesus Into Our Hearts?” Posted 7/13/2012), pastor J.D. Greear writes about his struggle to attain assurance of […]

October 15, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Doubt, Repentance, Salvation

Whenever I hear it said that repentance is a condition of eternal salvation, I think of St. Sisoes the Great (d. 429). Sisoes was one of the first great monastics—St. […]

October 11, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - conference

We have extended the deadline for submitting abstracts for the GES National Conference to November 1st! The theme for the upcoming conference is Free Grace and Sanctification. Don’t be shy, […]

September 30, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Audio

Victor Street Bible Chapel, Dallas, TX

September 14, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - eternal life, legalism, Soteriology

“Faith itself has been taken captive by legalism.” ~Gerhard Forde Ever since Paul’s fiery denouncement of Judaistic law-keeping in Galatians and Romans, the Christian tradition has recognized, if only grudgingly, […]

September 1, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Grace in Focus Articles

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthains 15:57) Christianity is foremost a religion of gratitude. Or so says C. F. […]

September 1, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

Indication of the Way into the Kingdom of Heaven. By Saint Innocent of Alaska. Jordanville, NY: Holy Trinity Monastery, 2006. 48 pp. Paper, $6.95. St. Innocent of Alaska (1797-1879) was […]

September 1, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

A Critique of the Crossless Gospel. By Daniel J. Lash Rome City, IN: Weston Street Bible Church, 2011), 44 pp, free. In his booklet, A Critique of the Crossless Gospel, […]

September 1, 2012 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

Truthspeak: The True Meaning of Five Key Christian Words Distorted Through Religious Newspeak. By Michael D. Halsey. Milwaukee, WI: Grace Gospel Press, 2010. 106 pp. Paper, $8.95. In Truthspeak, Michael […]

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