Do Not Bite One Another (Galatians 5_15)

In a classic scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Inspector Clouseau walks into a German hotel and notices a small dog by the counter. “Does your dog bite?” he […]

Jesus nunca deixará você

Comecei a ler a autobiografia de Jack Deere, Even in Our Darkness. Sua história até agora tem sido muito sombria. Mas acho que você vai gostar de como ele passou […]

Will There Be Atheists in Heaven_

Q: As I understand your premise in Grace in Focus, you believe that if a person makes a sincere profession of faith but later became an apostate that he/she is […]

March 1, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Journal Articles

Shawn Lazar Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society What role did eating play in the NT church? While that may not seem like a particularly interesting question, my […]

March 1, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Book Reviews

The House Church in the Writings of Paul. By Vincent Branick. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1989, 2012). 144 pp. Paper, $20.00. Where and how did the early churches meet? […]

By Shawn Lazar Here is the eminently readable William Barclay describing how the Lord’s Supper was originally celebrated: It is not in doubt that the Lord’s Supper began as a […]

Não confie em políticos

Você já notou que o Novo Testamento mal menciona os nomes ou ações das autoridades governantes da época? Por exemplo, durante a época de Jesus, César Augusto estava liderando a […]

Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 2

The New Testament has about 58 “one another” commands that describe what a normal Christian church life can be. It’s the kind of community I want to—need to!—experience. But what […]

Wash One Another’s Feet, Part 1

Living the normal Christian life requires living a normal church life because God designed discipleship with a strong corporate character. When I say “corporate,” I’m not talking about the business […]

Você deve crescer (Efésios 4_11-24), Parte 2

Você deve crescer. Isso é o que Paulo disse aos efésios. Eles não devem permanecer como filhos espirituais. A questão é: como esse crescimento acontece? Como explorei no último blog, […]

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“Greet Priscilla and Aquila [and] the church that is in their house” (Rom 16: 3, 5). I’ve been a believer for fifty-four years. During that time, I’ve been...

Were Jonah and Job Real People and Why Does it Matter?

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are talking about a controversial issue. Were the Old Testament characters of...

Funny but Sad Theology 

Recently, I did a blog titled “No True Scotsman.” It dealt with the logical fallacy of a person’s stating a position and holding on to it, even when confronted with irrefutable evidence...

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