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Seeking God: Hebrews 11:6 and 2 Chronicles 15:2

November 1, 2019 by Ken Yates in Grace in Focus Articles

By Ken Yates I have a confession to make. Sometimes it is difficult for me to determine how to apply a passage in the OT to my life. I know that all Scriptures are profitable (2 Tim 3:16), but when I try to ask what certain passages addressed to the nation of Israel have to

The Overcomer Won’t Be Hurt by the Second Death (Revelation 2:11)

October 31, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - hurt by the second death, Litotes, Overcomers, Revelation 2:11, understatement

I recently wrote a blog on the NT concept of overcomers (see here). That blog led to this question: The problem with this logic is that Revelation 2:11 does not make sense if only victorious Christians are overcomers. I need you to address this verse specifically: “‘He who has an ear, let him hear what

A Free Grace Response to John Owen’s Conundrum

October 30, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminians, atonement, Calvinism, John Owen

This past spring was one of the wettest on record. That might be why we had tons of flies around the house. As the kids ran in and out of the house, flies would get in, so we set an electric bug zapper on a kitchen counter to deal with the problem. One day, my

Beware of How You Harmonize 1 Cor 11:5 and 1 Cor 14:34

October 29, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Corinthians 14:34, women speaking in church

I just came across an article entitled “What Paul Really Says about Women in Ministry” It is at the Assemblies of God website. You can see their article here. The author, George Wood, argues for the egalitarian position, which is the view that men and women, while having differences, are to have equal teaching and

Watchman Nee on the Eternality of Eternal Life

October 28, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Watchman Nee

Charles Ryrie famously said that if eternal life could be lost, it has the wrong name. He wasn’t the first to make that point. Watchman Nee, the well-known Chinese theologian (whom I consider to be an early proponent of Free Grace theology), said the same thing way back in 1937: The Bible shows us that

Evangelical Leaders Who Deny Certainty of Salvation

October 25, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - absolute certainty, Assurance, Eternal Security, Evangelical leaders who deny the possibility of certainty, Perseverance

Dr. John Niemelä called today and asked me if I had a list of quotes from Evangelicals who deny absolute assurance. Well, I didn’t have the list, but I did have many such quotes. So, I’ve pulled them together for this blog. Robert Peterson: Protestants do not claim the ‘absolute’ certainty that Rome rejects. The

“No Pure Gospel”?

October 24, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - epistemology, truth

“There’s no pure gospel in the world.” Recently, I took a class at an Evangelical seminary when someone made that statement. He continued: “In fact, I’d be really afraid if someone thought that he had the pure gospel!” It was not clear what he meant by “pure gospel.” Did he mean “no one really knows

John 3:16—A Thick Reading

October 23, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - John 3:16

John 3:16 is well–loved for good reason—it’s the gospel in a nutshell. If someone believes it, he has everlasting life. Of course, you don’t have to understand and believe it all to be born again. It’s possible to believe that promise in a basic way without having a very deep understanding of what it means.

The Overcomers

October 22, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:4-5, and Rev 21:7, Overcomers, Rev 2 11, Rev 2: 26; Rev 3:5, Rev 2:7, Rev 3:12, Rev 3:21

Here is a hot question from my inbox: I enjoy reading your blogs. I need a little clarification on a statement you made in the penultimate paragraph of this post. You used the phrase “only overcoming believers.” Are you suggesting that there are some believers who will not “overcome”? Many Evangelicals say that all believers

Given Eternal Conscious Torment, Is God’s Justice Ever Satisfied?

October 21, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - annihilationism, conditionalism, ECT, eternal conscious torment, Hell, the Lake of Fire

A moral objection to eternal conscious torment (ECT) is that if sinners are tormented in hell for all eternity (or, to be more precise, the lake of fire), then God’s justice is never satisfied. Think of it like a mortgage—at some point, you pay it off and satisfy the debt. Or, with a prison sentence,