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Four Free Bible Study Resources

August 1, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bible study, lexicon

I am amazed at the number of free Bible study resources that are available online. Of course, the pre-eminent Bible study software is Logos, but it is expensive. If you’re a pastor or Bible teacher, it may be worth the expense. However, for everyone else, these websites can help you with your studies. At least,

The Role of Determination to Obey in Progressive Sanctification

July 31, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Corinthians 3:18, determination to obey, progressive sanctification, Romans 12:1-2

One of the comments put on an earlier blog pointed people to some articles on our website explaining John 2:23-25 and John 8:30-32. I went to one of the articles on John 8:30-32. I found the following section, which I think is worthy of repetition and expansion. Here is what I wrote (you can see

Satan’s Sifting

July 30, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job, Peter, Satan

In Job 1, hasatan—the Adversary , Opponent, or Accuser—traditionally identified as Satan—asked God to afflict Job. Satan wanted to test Job’s faithfulness to prove he feared God for the wrong reasons: So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around

Update on Sharon’s Recovery from Cancer and Chemo

July 29, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Many of you are aware that Sharon underwent surgery for what turned out to be ovarian cancer last December. You have been praying for her as she underwent six chemo treatments, lost her hair, developed neuropathy in her feet, and lost lots of weight. Sharon’s last chemo was on May 24. After that she suffered

Conversation with a Former Free Grace Guy

July 26, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - apostasy, Arminianism, Eternal Security, John 10:27-28

I received a call from a man I knew years ago. We will call him Frank. I had not talked with Frank in ten or fifteen years. He used to be a solid Free Grace guy. But no longer. We spoke for nearly an hour. Frank wanted to warn me that I am teaching heresy

If People Are Born Unable to Believe: Six Options

July 25, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminianism, Calvinism, Faith, inner light, Quaker, Total depravity, Wesleyanism

Are people born unable to believe? If so, how does anyone come to faith? As I work through these issues for an upcoming book examining “total depravity,” it might help to conceptualize the different answers given to explain how people who are born unable to believe can ever come to faith. Here are six options.

A Response to the Cheap Grace Charge

July 24, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Cheap Grace, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, easy believism

I received the following question about a blog post one of our readers saw: I was wondering if GES has a response to this post I recently saw on Facebook: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German pastor, theologian, martyr, spy was asked in 1943 how it was possible for the Church to sit back and let

An Old Testament Illustration of the Christian Life (2 Chronicles 12:8)

July 23, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Chronicles 12, OT illustration, Pharaoh, Romans 6-8

In Romans 6–8, Paul has a lengthy discussion on the Christian life. The believer can walk by the flesh (in his own power) or by the Spirit. The former results in the wrath of God and the deadly consequences of sin. The latter results in life and peace. Paul compares the way a believer lives

Trust that God Is Wise (Job 38-42)

July 22, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job

I’ve heard it said that everyone is either in a storm, entering a storm, or coming out of storm. Life is full of storms. And people are full of opinions about how to go through them—such as Job’s friends. The book of Job is full of such opinions and they were all wrong. All that

Four Reasons to Study Prophecy

July 19, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Daniel, Dispensational, Prophecy

The Evangelical Free Church recently removed premillennialism from their statement of faith (see here). I wonder if that signals a decline in the study of prophecy in that denomination. Not every pastor preaches prophecy. Not every person studies it. I can think of several reasons why that might be. Frankly, unfulfilled prophecy takes effort to