What Did I Know?

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By Mike (Tsung-Tsun) Lii I didn’t grow up in a professing Christian home. When I was an elementary student, our family attended church once or twice a year, not necessarily on Easter or Christmas. During my middle school years, I was taken more regularly to a Taiwanese-speaking Presbyterian church, which should have increased my Bible
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Did H.A. Ironside Teach Lordship Salvation?

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By Bob Wilkin *This article was first published in the June 1989 issue of what was then a newsletter called The GES News. One writer has recently suggested that H. A. Ironside’s view of repentance is the same as that of modern Commitment Salvation (i.e., Lordship Salvation) advocates (John F. MacArthur, Jr., The Gospel According
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Review of Is Calvinism Biblical? Let the Scriptures Decide by Robert N. Wilkin

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By Kathryn Wright Calvinistic theology is gaining popularity among Evangelicals today. I have been involved with Southern Baptist churches for much of my life, and this theology is becoming increasingly prominent in the seminaries and pulpits. This especially seems to be the case with young pastors. When people defend Calvinism, they often deal with it
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Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen (Johannes 8:30-32)

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Die Johns Hopkins University, die Ottawa University und die Southern Methodist University haben alle die lateinische Übersetzung von „Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen“ als Motto: Veritas Liberabit Vos. Dies ist einer der bekanntesten, aber auch am meisten missverstandenen Aussprüche Jesu. In Johannes 8:30 berichtet Johannes: „Als Er diese Worte sprach, glaubten viele an Ihn.“
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Другой взгляд на Иакова 2:19

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Женщина из церкви, в которую я хожу (назовём её Бэтти), недавно рассказала мне о своём разговоре с её подругой. Беседа заставила по-другому взглянуть на Иакова 2:19 («и бесы веруют, и трепещут.»). Чаще всего люди ошибочно полагают, что этот стих означает, что одной лишь веры в Иисуса Христа недостаточно для спасения от озера огненного и что
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