October 17, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
grass

Bo Giertz was a Swedish Lutheran theologian, bishop, and author of my favorite Christian novel, The Hammer of God. He was known as a someone who fought for orthodox Christian […]

October 16, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Don’t repudiate God’s love or loving warnings. When your conscience stings, come to your senses and return to God.

Judas was one of the world’s worst sinners. He committed the world’s worst betrayal: he arranged for Jesus’s murder. If you want to know how God treats sinners, look at […]

October 12, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
A carnal Christian is not a Christian who is out of fellowship with God. A carnal Christian is a baby Christian.

I just got a book called No Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came from, What It Is, and Why It’s Harmful. It is by Andrew David Naselli. My review […]

October 11, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
When you try to use works for salvation, you’ll hurt yourself, even die eternally! Works have a purpose, but trying to save yourself through them isn’t it.

False teachers emphasize good works. Let me repeat that. False teachers emphasize good works. Listen to Paul: No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore […]

October 9, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Eternal Life

Michael L. Brown is the Charismatic and Arminian version of John MacArthur (the two have actually clashed on the issue of sign gifts). Brown is known as a conservative Christian […]

October 6, 2017 by Zane Hodges in Blog
When the Gospel is so presented that the necessity for ongoing good works is stressed, it becomes a gospel that can no longer offer true assurance of eternal life.

When the Gospel is so presented that the necessity for ongoing good works is stressed, it becomes a gospel that can no longer offer true assurance of eternal life. The […]

October 3, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
I’m glad that there are other people thinking that the saving message has been lost in popular Christianity, and assurance with it.

R.T. Kendall is known in Free Grace circles as an FG friendly writer. He wrote two books that have been useful in FG circles: Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649 […]

October 2, 2017   in Blog
Slavery to Sin

Paul now develops the only solution available for the Christian to stymie the effects of sin and live victoriously. He begins by stating that there is therefore now no condemnation […]

September 29, 2017 by Zane Hodges in Blog
motivation

From a human perspective, man will not live as God desires him to live unless he is threatened with uncertainty about his eternal destiny. As popular as this notion is, […]

September 27, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
whole world

A friend sent me the Nashville Statement. A coalition for Biblical sexuality met to draft a statement on marriage and sexuality. The statement does a good job of promoting marriage […]

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