Does the Bible teach unlimited atonement, that Christ removed the sin barrier for all, or limited atonement, that He only removes the sin barrier when people believe in Him

David from Mississippi writes: I see in The Grace New Testament Commentary where John 8:24 has been addressed. As it is stated in the Bible, Jesus took away the sin […]

Why Christians Shouldn’t Be Klingons

“What makes a man like Ringo, Doc? What makes him do the things he does?” Wyatt Earp asked. “A man like Ringo has got a great big hole, right in […]

June 14, 2021 by Ken Yates in Blog
Money Can Buy Love (Matthew 621)

We have all heard the saying that money cannot buy love. I think the basic meaning of the phrase is that if we try to gain the affections of another […]

June 11, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance
How can we be sure once and for all that we will never be eternally separated from God

Claudia asks about assurance of salvation: As adults and new believers, my husband and I are trying to learn to be Christians. We found a good church (______ Bible Church) […]

Solomon and Tolstoy on the Problem of Death and Eternity

King Solomon repeatedly pronounced that everything under the sun was vanity—it was meaningless. In an earlier blog, I said that Solomon’s argument could be put in the form of a […]

Why would a church make up an evangelistic statement that is not supported by Scripture and that is not internally consistent

Today I received an email from Rick asking me to evaluate a church’s statement on what a person must do to be saved. Here is the statement he sent for […]

June 8, 2021 by Ken Yates in Blog
Algebra 201

It has been a long time since I studied algebra in college. One thing I remember, though, is that you learn algebra in steps. When I see a long, complicated […]

Comfort One Another with the Rapture and Resurrection

Have you ever noticed that when people panic, they stop thinking clearly? I remember making a short film with some high school friends. We were shooting in a dry field […]

June 4, 2021 by Ken Yates in Blog
33 Is Better Than 1

Many years ago, in a seminary class, we were required to read Lewis S. Chafer’s Systematic Theology. In one part, he said that when a person believes in Jesus Christ, […]

Three Biblical Proofs that the Holy Spirit Is a Person Not a Thing

What is the Holy Spirit? Is the Spirit an impersonal force like electricity or gravity, or is He a person? Traditionally, the early Christians concluded the Holy Spirit was a […]

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