February 27, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Forgiveness, Grace
Grace for sex offenders_

Dear Shawn, I read with interest your article on “No More Scarlet Letters.” My question is why authors like you refuse to address, and why churches are slow to forgive, […]

February 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faith, Watchman Nee
Look past your feelings.

“On a scale of 1 to 10, how’s your pain?” Often, my kids will come and say they have a headache or a tummy ache, or their throat is sore, […]

February 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
You’re valuable to God.

We tack silly cartoons to our office wall. Here’s a recent one we enjoyed: Poor pig. The cartoon is referring to the episode in Mark 5:1-20 in which Jesus visited […]

February 8, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace
Sin is sinful but grace is greater.

I was listening to a podcast by Paul Zahl entitled “A Disease I Do Not Have the Courage to Name.” The title comes from a now out-of-print book entitled My […]

February 5, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Satan, Total depravity
God Draws, Satan Blinds

I plan to complete a series of books outlining what I think are the Biblical alternatives to the five points of Calvinism (and Arminianism). Chosen to Serve: Why Election Is […]

Hell and Personal Credulity(1)

One of the central texts in the debate over hell is Luke 16—the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Actually, whether or not this is a parable is part […]

Gathered to His People

I am about a third of the way into writing my book about hell, tentatively entitled, Final Punishment: A Biblical Case for Conscious Eternal Torment. I’m hoping to finish by […]

January 18, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace
Know them by name.

“So why did you start coming to this church?” the man asked. “When I moved to Denton, I started looking for a church, and I saw this one was ‘country-friendly,’” […]

January 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
The Joys of the Quiet Life

This winter break I kept my promise to Zane and Daphne and took them to Canada. I was only supposed to take Daphne, but I managed to save up enough […]

January 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evangelism, good works
Are You Committing

As the saying goes, “Now that I’ve got your attention…” I came up with an illustration about the role of good works in the Christian life. Maybe it will help […]

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