FREE, Not Cheap

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By Brad McCoy The idea that salvation from hell is a totally free gift is often ridiculed today. Many suggest that eternal salvation is very costly to us. They encourage people to whom they witness to count the cost of becoming a Christian. However the Scriptures clearly and repeatedly speak of eternal salvation as a
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Secure Yet Scrutinized – 2 Timothy 2:11-13

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by Brad McCoy* I. Introduction Salvation from hell is a free gift received through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 The regenerate person is secure in his possession of eternal life from the moment of saving faith because of the faithfulness of God to him.2 In stark contrast, true, vibrant discipleship involves a
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Once Saved, Always Saved

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Once Saved, Always Saved. By R. T Kendall. Chicago: Moody Press, 1985. 238 pp. Paper, $4.95. R. T. Kendall, minister of the well-known Westminster Chapel, London, gained considerable notoriety in Puritan studies with the 1979 release of Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649. In this Oxford monograph Kendall argued that English Puritanism’s doctrinal development of
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Govett on Philippians

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Govett on Philippians. By Robert Govett. Miami Springs, FL: Conley & Schoettle Publishing Co., Inc., 1985. 127 pp. Paper, $5.95. This practical study on Philippians is part of a series of commentaries by Robert Govett (1813–1901) published by Conley & Schoettle. Other works include commentaries on Isaiah, John, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Hebrews, 1
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Firstborn Sons: Their Rights and Risks

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Firstborn Sons: Their Rights and Risks. By George Henry Lang. Miami Springs, FL: Conley & Schoettle Publishing Co., Inc., 1984. 233 pp. Hardcover, $14.95. “Is it worthwhile to follow Christ? Does not being His disciple involve so great a loss and so much persecution and other trouble as to cause reasonable men to ask if
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The Health and Wealth Gospel

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The Health and Wealth Gospel. By Bruce Barron. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1987. 204 pp. Paper, $6.95. The gospel of healing and prosperity is the parent and child of the modern “faith movement” which has attracted millions of people and spawned some highly visible-and controversial-ministries. Barron’s purpose in writing about the movement is to
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Calvin and Scottish Theology: The Doctrine of Assurance

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Calvin and Scottish Theology: The Doctrine of Assurance. By M. Charles Bell. 33 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh: The Handsel Press, 1985. 211 pp. Cloth, no price. Few recent books are more significant for the doctrine of salvation than this one. The author is currently a Presbyterian minister in California and this volume is a revision of
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