October 12, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, Faith, saving faith, Trust
Missing the Boat

Truth Aflame is a Charismatic and Evangelical systematic theology written by Larry Hart, who is professor of theology at Oral Roberts University. I have the first edition. There is a […]

October 10, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrine, Galatians, legalism
Do You Think Through Your Faith

“O foolish Galatians!” (Galatians 3:1) Have you ever acted foolishly? What does it mean to be foolish, anyway? The Greek word translated “foolish” is anoētos. It means “non-thinking,” or “not […]

October 8, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Hebrews, service, teaching
Can God Use You_

Have you ever prayed for God to use you? Maybe you shouldn’t. Maybe there’s something you need to be asking yourself first. As Samuel Brengle put it, “Instead of praying […]

October 3, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Justification
Is Justification

I have been preaching through Galatians. We just finished chapter 2. I was struck by v 16 and how emphatically Paul insisted that a man is not justified by works […]

October 1, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Prayer, Salvation
Go to Jesus.

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). Jesus is the Mediator, and His mediation works in two […]

September 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - work
Working in Eternity

I’m interested in just about everything. There are several languages I want to learn really well—Modern Greek, Koine, Hebrew, Afrikaans, German, Swedish, and Spanish for starters. There are many instruments […]

September 24, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - James
What about the poor_

Did you know that James accused his readers of murder? Yes—murder! “You lust and do not have; so you commit murder” (James 4:2, emphasis added). Was he being literal or […]

September 21, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Faith the Sole Condition_

Thomas C. Oden was a leading Wesley scholar and Methodist theologian. If all you read are Calvinist authors, I think you would appreciate Oden. Many of us in the Free […]

September 19, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Assurance
When in doubt, cling to the gospel

Carl F. Wisløff (1908-2004) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and preacher. I recently acquired a copy of his short systematic theology, I Know in Whom I Believe: Studies in Bible […]

September 17, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminianism
Justification is a point-in-time event

Rev. Amos Binney was a Methodist preacher who wrote a short systematic theology called Binney’s Theological Compend (published in 1840) explaining “Biblical Methodism” (see here). The “improved” version edited by […]

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