August 18, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Listen

I am trying to learn how to be a better preacher. So is Bob. We’re both competitive that way— trying to better than we were before. We know the grim […]

August 16, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
confession and repentance

Do you know the difference between repenting of your sins and confessing your sins? Here’s an illustration. In Texas, there’s about two weeks during the spring and about two weeks […]

August 10, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
No one will miss heaven by twelve inches, for there is no distance between the head and the heart

One day I’ll have to write an article about John W. Robbins’ understanding of faith and saving faith. Robbins was a disciple of Gordon H. Clark. He ran the Trinity […]

August 9, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Those who maintain that there is something more than belief are, quite literally, beyond belief

Sometimes people will say that saving faith is trust in a person. What does that mean, exactly? Here is John W. Robbins explaining when that expression makes sense, and when […]

August 7, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
when Jesus drew me to him, there was a lot of ground to cover

“How can you be so stupid???” We were talking about doing evangelism, when David and Anna [names changed] explained to me how David came to faith in Jesus. They started […]

August 3, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog

Bob was recently at Bayside Community Church in Tampa, FL. Here are links to the two messages he gave there. 10:00 AM His Promised Return is Certain http://bcctampa.sermon.net/main/main/20971995 11:00 AM […]

August 2, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Bearing fruit

We aren’t a big ministry. Bob and I are the only full-time people. Bethany and Mark are both in the office, but part-time. Ken and Brad are offsite, and both […]

July 31, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Bible Study Fellowship

Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) has done much good, teaching people the Bible. But I hope, like any other ministry, they are open to some constructive criticism. This past semester they […]

July 28, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
The truth

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). How does the truth make us free? Jesus was speaking to new believers (cf. John […]

July 26, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
there’s no difference between the Pope saying you are saved by faith plus good works, and Gerstner saying you are saved by a working faith. Both make faith and works a condition of salvation.

John Gerstner (1914-1996) was a Reformed theologian who strongly believed that doing good works are necessary in order to be justified. Here is an article called “The Antinomian Way of […]

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