The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel
The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel.By James Montgomery Boice and Philip Graham Ryken. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2002. 240 pp. Cloth. $17.99. The Doctrines of Grace by the late James Montgomery Boice, and his successor at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia , Philip Graham Ryken is an explanation and defense of Calvinistic theology. I
Lay Hold on Eternal Life – 1 Timothy 6:12,19
According to the Lord Jesus all who simply believe in Him have everlasting life. He said, “He who believes in Me has everlasting life” (John 6:47; see also 5:24). I well remember when it first hit me that eternal life is a present possession. As a senior in college it thrilled me to know that
Stumbling to Assurance of Salvation
by Dick Peik I assumed that good people go to heaven and bad people go to hell. I felt it was impossible to be certain where you were going when you died. Nobody I knew ever claimed to be saved. That would have been rather audacious—like bragging! Getting to heaven took work! That made sense
Theirs Is the Kingdom of Heaven – Matthew 5:3, 10
I just received a call from a missionary in Europe asking about the Beatitudes—especially Matt 5:3 and 5:10. He’d been reading a commentator who argued that the Beatitudes were descriptions of the type of people who will get into the kingdom. In this understanding the Lord was calling His disciples to live exemplary lives so
Are Most Americans Born Again?
by Grant Hawley In the latest two issues of Pre-Trib Perspectives (April and May 2003), Dr. Tim LaHaye quotes a Gallup Poll finding that 46 percent of American adults have had a “born again experience with Jesus Christ.”1 Not only does he seem to agree with this estimate, he takes this one step further by
Christ Alone!
by Vernon K. Lockner No works, no merit of my own, would I ever dare to plead. I rest my case on Christ alone, and that He died for me. No obedience or faithful fruit, will I boast before His throne. My faith is in the Lamb of God, I trust in Him alone. No
A Pentecostal Finds Grace
by Roscoe Barnes III I felt a flash of anger when I looked at a tract on the plan of salvation that I had written. What bothered me was the comment made by Ron Bupp, a friend I’d asked to critique the manuscript. Bupp made a number of good suggestions. But near the end of
Is Departure Proof One Is Not Regenerate? – 1 John 2:19
Just today I was listening to a tape presented at a pastor’s conference this year.1 The speaker, a pastor of children’s ministry, cited 1 John 2:19 as proving that children who make a profession of faith and later fall into serious sin prove they were never born again in the first place. The pastor began
Danger
Dave Breese was an author, speaker, friend to presidents, influential in the establishment of both AWANA and Youth for Christ, and founder of Christian Destiny, Inc. He went home to be with the Lord last year. This was an article he was editing when he passed away. It is used by permission of Christian Destiny