If you are not sure of your eternal destiny, drop everything and prayerfully search until you become sure, because being pretty sure can have disastrous results.

Last night Sharon and I were watching a Dallas Mavericks game and a commercial caught my attention. It was a Rocket Mortgage commercial with comedian Tracy Morgan and tough guy […]

March 19, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - arguing, Grace, witnessing
Think Twice Before You Start Arguing

Time is precious. You only have so much time to serve the Lord Jesus. As you follow Him, your hardest choices will not be between obedience or disobedience but between […]

Why did the Lord and His apostles teach such a narrow way to be saved_

I came to faith in Christ for my eternal salvation nearly fifty years ago in September of 1972. Back then all of us Jesus people (as we were called) were […]

Don’t Confuse Coming to Jesus with Coming After Jesus

Knowing the difference between salvation and discipleship can make all the difference to your Christian walk. And confusing the two can be devastating to it. Lucas Kitchen wrote a neat […]

How on earth did John the Baptist not know Jesus _

C. M. makes this insightful comment with questions: In the first chapter of the Gospel of John, the apostle tells us that John the Baptist declares twice “I did not […]

Do Not Provoke or Envy One Another

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the […]

Do some of our modern traditions actually contradict the teachings of Scripture_

How do you apply Scripture? Do you wait for a preacher to give you an application? If so, do you consider the possibility that the preacher (local church, radio, TV, […]

Should we use our experience in order to determine what one must do to be saved_

The Reformation began in AD 1519. The teaching of justification by faith alone is powerfully proclaimed in the New Testament. However, we have no surviving documents which indicate that anyone […]

Do Not Bite One Another (Galatians 5_15)

In a classic scene from The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Inspector Clouseau walks into a German hotel and notices a small dog by the counter. “Does your dog bite?” he […]

How do you evangelize a works-salvation friend who is, at the same time, trying to evangelize you_

A reader, R. E., talks about his interaction with a works-salvation elder. He asks me to explain how I would answer the question: Thank you for your email/newsletters concerning works–based […]

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