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Three Kinds of Separation from False Teachers

November 6, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrine of separation, Gretta Vosper, separation, United Church of Canada

The United Church of Canada is an ultra-liberal denomination in an already liberal Canadian religious environment. During my undergraduate studies, I attended classes at a United Church seminary, and I can say from my conversations with seminarians of that denomination that they were barely Christian. Theist, yes, but Christian, no (for the most part). I

Should Women Cover Their Heads When Praying or Teaching? (1 Corinthians 11:4-16)

November 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

My recent blog (see here) attempted to harmonize 1 Cor 11:5 with 1 Cor 14:34 (and with 1 Tim 2:11-12). I suggested that in the meeting of the local church, women are to be silent. Women can pray and teach outside of the church meeting, but not in church. This led to some excellent questions:

Oswald Chambers on Salvation By Faith

November 4, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - death of Christ, Faith, Oswald Chambers

The October 28 devotion in Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest risks leaving people in the dark about what he meant. I think Chambers is making an important point about the basis of our salvation, but he does it in a potentially confusing way: I am not saved by believing—I simply realize I am

Keith Giles on God’s Wrath

November 1, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Keith Giles, Law and Gospel, Martin Luther, preaching, wrath

I was reading up on house churches when I stumbled across this post from Keith Giles (whom I am not familiar with, but who has written about “organic churches”). He argues that wrath is not one of the attributes of God. That’s clearly wrong. Wrath is definitely one of the attributes of God. If God

Lamad in Psalm 119

November 1, 2019 by Bill Fiess in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bill Fiess The Hebrew root LMD (teach) is found 94 times in the OT. But there is no chapter in the Bible that contains as many occurrences (13) of this verb as Psalm 119 (vv 7, 12, 26, 64, 66, 68, 71, 73, 99, 108, 124, 135, 171). Listed below are a few representative

A Testimony to Grace

November 1, 2019 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

By Kelley Easley A Heritage of Grace I guess you could say that I’m both old and new to Free Grace theology. Old, because I grew up in a Free Grace church. New, because for a good long while, I forgot what that even meant, wandered around in a fog of doctrinal error, and only

How Do You Know You’re Trusting Jesus to Save You?

November 1, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Grace in Focus Articles

By Shawn Lazar Question How do I know that I am trusting in Jesus to save me? I am worried if I was to die, I’d find out that I was believing something else. I guess I get a bit confused because I was raised believing that if someone is truly saved, he will have

Romans 1: A Concise Commentary*

November 1, 2019 by Zane Hodges in Grace in Focus Articles

*The following is a condensed version of the full-length commenty by Hodges on Romans. This will be part of the new one-volume Grace New Testament Commentary, due in December. By Zane Hodges I. Introduction: Paul Connects with the Roman Christians (1:1-15) A. Doctrinal Salutation (1:1-7) 1:1. The salutation reveals Paul’s sense both of his position

Top 5 Gifts to Give This Christmas

November 1, 2019 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

By Summer Stevens The Christmas story never loses its wonder. It is an unimaginable epic combined with a humility that takes your breath away. A wholly majestic and powerful Creator God exchanges the heavenly splendors for a tiny human baby body, removed of the ability to talk, to walk, or even care for Himself. Jesus

Worship Isn’t What You Think (Mark 15:19)

November 1, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin I admit it. My understanding of worship is a bit of a pet peeve. It bothers me that many people mistakenly think that singing with gusto is worship. That raising your hands is worship. That listening to a sermon is worship. That swaying to the music is worship. Biblical worship is none