January 7, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Discipleship, illustrations
Catching and Cleaning Fish

I’m always on the look-out for simple illustrations of Biblical truths that most people can easily understand. Here’s one— I listened to an evangelist tell the story of how people […]

From Haran to Moriah_ Spiritual Growth Takes Time

I get frustrated at my lack of spiritual growth. But then I think of Abraham. In James 2, we read: Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he […]

Will those who take the Mark of the Beast prove that they were never saved_

P. N. raises a very challenging issue: So…I think it’s wrong to tell people that if they’re saved, they won’t do this or that (such as commit sin). I think […]

When we evangelize, is it essential that we tell people that they are sinners in need of Savior_

Dick read my recent blog entitled “How to Share Our Faith Clearly and Comfortably by Evangelizing the Way Jesus Evangelized” (see here). That led him to ask this question: Thank […]

Two Aspects of the Cross

I have started working in earnest on my next book. As a follow-up to Chosen to Serve, which dealt with the doctrine of election, my next book will show that […]

December 31, 2020 by Ken Yates in Blog
The Word “Son” in the Book of Romans

The word “son” occurs 12 times in the book of Romans (1:3, 4, 9; 5:10; 8:3, 14, 19, 29, 32; 9:9, 26, 27). Seven of those times it refers to […]

Is Paul in Romans 13 commanding believers to obey their governments even when the governments are not good governments_

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about the American Revolution. I suggested that it was a violation of Scripture. In my answer, I discussed Romans 13. While I […]

December 29, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternal Security, Jack Deere, suicide
Jack Deere on Suicide and Salvation

Over the Christmas break, I finished Jack Deere’s autobiography, Even in Our Darkness. And as the title suggests, it was very dark. The book reads like a confession of all […]

Is there such a thing as one sinful action being worse in God’s sight than another sinful action_

Bob G. commented on a recent blog by me: Interesting. A similar reasoning might be helpful in the consideration of Jephthah and his daughter. It is plainly wrong to vow […]

December 25, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - pentecostal, restitution
Is Restitution a Condition of Salvation_

How many conditions of salvation are there? Is making restitution one of them? It is, according to this Pentecostal statement of faith: CONDITIONS FOR SALVATION Even though Christ made atonement […]

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