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Great News on Sharon’s Cancer Marker Blood Test

March 25, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

It’s been a bit of a roller coaster. The three-hour surgery turned into a nine-hour surgery. Her benign ovarian cyst was found to have cancer in it. The cyst broke during extraction. Sharon’s CA 125 test before surgery was under 30. Normal. After surgery it went over 200. We were told she’d need three chemo

Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy

March 22, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrine, Faith, REBT, rest, Thieme

Take this post with a grain of salt. I’m sharing something I’ve experimented with over the years. Discipleship is a big issue. I have tried to disciple myself first. And now, my family. And more and more, people at church. But how do I go about doing that? I have been meeting people with serious

Do We Always Act Consistently with What We Believe?

March 21, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Faith and works, James 2:14-26, Romans 12:2

Here is an email question I just received: I am wrestling with a question about faith that I’m hoping you can shed some light on for me. I’ve heard it said often that our actions are always a product of our belief. For example, if I believe that I should love my wife, then I

Breakfast on the Beach (John 21:12)

March 20, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - breakfast, Grace, John, Resurrection

God’s grace shows up in little moments that are often practically unnoticeable. For example, read John 21. Jesus had died, risen again, appeared to the disciples, and gave them a commission to be sent out into the world. No wonder Peter promptly declared, “I am going fishing” (v 3)! I would have done the same.That’s

No Murderer Has Eternal Life Abiding in Him (1 John 3:15)

March 19, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 3:15, Abiding, Assurance, Fellowship, Perseverance, Transformation

A reader who likes our magazine wrote, asking us to take him off our subscription list: It is with sadness I ask you to remove me from your mailing list. I truly love your materials. But 1 John is fairly clear that there has to be transformation in your life or eternal life simply doesn’t

What You Can Depend On

March 18, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - character of God, goodness, theology

You can’t depend on the world. You can’t depend on the economy. You certainly can’t depend on politics or politicians. You can’t depend on the favors people owe you (or what you think they owe you). You can’t depend on your next sale or paycheck. You can’t depend on your mom beating cancer. You can’t

The Parable of the Laborers (Matt 20:1-16)

March 15, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - Eternal Rewards, Faithfulness, Parable of the Laborers

Recently I received a question about the parable found in Matt 20:1-16. The person asking the question wanted to know the meaning of the parable. It seems to argue against the doctrine of rewards. In the parable the Lord speaks of a landowner that hires laborers to work in his vineyard. The landowner hires five

Lent, the Samaritans, and Colossians

March 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Lent, Samaritans, Worship

Recently, someone wrote to ask about Lent. “My friend is celebrating Lent. She asked her pastor about it, and he told her, ‘If it makes you feel closer to God, then do it.’” I would have given the opposite advice. It reminds me of the Samaritans. The Samaritans were a mixed-breed people with a mixed-breed

Continuous Drinking Required for Everlasting Life? (John 4:13-14)

March 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Doubt, John 4:13-14, Perseverance, saving faith

I received this email question from a reader: In the article “The One Who Believes: Is Continuous Faith Required to be Born Again?” by Bob Wilkin ( https://faithalone.org/magazine/y2006/06jf1.html ) in the second footnote regarding John 4:13, Bob Wilkin mentions: ‘Amazingly, Wallace says ho pinōn here means, “everyone who continually drinks…,” ibid, p. 621, text. Of course, he must say

Saving Faith Debated in Scotland in 1720

March 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Assurance, Marrow Men, Marrow of Modern Divinity, Marrow Theology

People often ask who believed in Free Grace before us? There are hints here and there through history. One source of Free Grace type beliefs came from the Marrow Controversy in Scotland in the 18th century. William VanDoodewaard wrote his doctoral dissertation about the Marrow Controversy and published it as The Marrow Controversy and Seceder