“He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death” (Rev 2:11) If someone says to me, “His request presented me with no small problem,” I know exactly what he means. The person who made the request of him had presented him a BIG problem! In the phrase “no small problem” we have a

All members of GES can be grateful to God for the appearance of Dr. Charles Stanley’s excellent book on the doctrine of eternal security. Written in simple, easily readable style, this 195-page volume turns out to be a vigorous defense of salvation by grace through faith alone in Christ alone. Although the author does not

In the June 1990 GES newsletter we considered 1 John 2:4 and the issue of knowing Christ at the level of personal fellowship with Him. We saw that the verse conditions such experiential knowledge on the Christian’s obedience to God’s commands. But we did not consider the closing expression of 1 John 2:4. Let us

First John 2:4 is a verse that has often been misunderstood. In the New King James Version it reads like this: He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Many evangelical Christians today read these words as though they meant that

In his first letter to Timothy, Paul wrote these words about prayer: Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men… For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to

Quite a few years ago I was giving the gospel to a young Hispanic man. After a while he said: “It’s no use, Zane. Another preacher saved me, and it didn’t work.” I admit this response caught me by surprise. Still, I knew what the young man meant. It didn’t take any theological sophistication to

“What goes around, comes around,” people often say. And though they rarely do so, they could say it about theological controversy, too! Recently my attention was called to a hundred year old book entitled, Discussions by Robert L. Dabney, D.D., L.L.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Texas, and for Many Years Professor