Must one persevere in following Christ in order to retain everlasting life_

A friend sent me a Jan 8, 2011, blog by Dr. Michael Heiser. You can see it here. It is entitled, “Election, Salvation, Unbelief, and Eternal Security.” I’ve read several […]

An Elder’s Library Starter Kit

In his booklet Shepherd the Flock, Donald Norbie summarizes the qualifications of an elder, one of which is being “able to teach” (1 Tim 3:2).  The elder should be able to teach God’s Word, but to […]

You Can Keep Them

We all know the stories about Daniel. He was a faithful servant of the Lord during a trying time in Israel’s history. He had been taken captive when he was […]

January 21, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bible study, Donald Norbie, elders
Becoming a Man of the Book

Are you an elder? Do you hope to become one? Are you trying to raise them up in your church? If so, Donald Norbie has some practical advice. In his […]

Why is it important that Abraham was justified before he submitted to circumcision_

“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those […]

Do we need to look at our works to see if we are justified by faith_

“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” While working on a book on one hundred verses which prove that salvation […]

Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy in 1 Thessalonians 4_13-18

On Sunday morning, I had “house church” with the kids. They liked it. We gathered together, sang a Psalm; Daphne read the Scripture (Luke 12:32-34), and we started discussing it. […]

Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy

In an earlier post, I talked about what I call Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy (DEBT). It is similar to Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), but with a Biblical […]

Is there a danger that we unintentionally disobey God because of modern Evangelical practices that are extremely popular_

Leprosy is a terrible disease. There is treatment today, though I don’t know how effective it is. But back in the first century leprosy was a death sentence. Slowly a […]

January 13, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arkansas, events, regionals
Free Grace in NW Arkansas

I recently spent a whirlwind day driving to Siloam Springs, in Northwest Arkansas for our first “Free Grace Evening”—basically, a mini-regional. We do one national conference a year in Dallas […]

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