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Three Differences Between Jesus and the Grim Reaper

July 6, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Death, Grim Reaper

You’ve seen cartoons of the Grim Reaper, haven’t you? Artists depict his skeletal figure as clad in a black hooded cloak, carrying a scythe, waiting to reap his next victim (for the history of the figure see here). If you read the news, the Grim Reaper is all over the headlines. There are riots and

New Testament Commentaries I Recommend

July 3, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Commentaries on the New Testament

Leon Morris. The Gospel According to Matthew. Eerdmans. 781 pages. R. T. France. Matthew. Tyndale Series. 416 pages. Alfred Plummer. The Gospel According to St. Mark. 392 pages. Vincent Taylor. The Gospel According to St. Mark. Second Edition. 696 pages. Kenneth E. Bailey. Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the

Old Testament Commentaries I Recommend

July 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Hermeneutics, Old Testament Commentaries

Derek Kidner. Genesis. Tyndale Series. 224 pages. Allen P. Ross. Genesis. R. Alan Cole. Exodus. Tyndale Series. 239 pages. Allen P. Ross. Leviticus. Gordon J. Wenham. Numbers. Tyndale Series. 240 pages. Walter Riggans. Numbers. The Daily Study Bible Series. 251 pages. Peter C. Craigie. Deuteronomy. NICOT. 424 pages. J. A. Thompson. Deuteronomy. Tyndale Series. 320

Feelings Are A Bad Reason to Be Mormon

July 1, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apologetics, Mormon

I recently asked a Mormon for three evidences that would convince any fair-minded person that his religion is true. He said, “The same as Oliver Cowdery’s: ‘Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?’” That is a quote from Doctrine and Covenants 6:23.

Recommended Bible Study Tools

June 30, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bible Concordances, Bible Dictionaries, Bible Lexicons, commentaries, Systematic Theologies

Here’s another good question: I respect your Biblically centered scholarship and theological astuteness, and I would like your advice. As a student of Free Grace Theology can you recommend for me what study tools to use to make my study efforts more effective and productive? For example, what lexicons, concordance, Bible dictionary, systematic theology books,

Turn Away! (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

June 29, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 2 Timothy, Biblical separation, last days

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness

Unlimited Atonement

June 26, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 2:2, John 1:29, limited atonement, unlimited atonement

Check out this short but powerful question I recently received: Thank you for your ministry. I have a question. When the Bible says that Jesus died for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2), does that mean that Jesus died for everyone’s sin, or does it mean that you need to believe that Jesus

Redeemed From Futility (1 Peter 1:18-19)

June 25, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 1 Peter, atonement, holiness, the cross

I am slowly chipping away on my book on the Free Grace alternatives to the five points of Calvinism and Arminianism. I’ve been working on the chapter about the atonement, arguing that it is neither limited nor unlimited but has different benefits for different people under different conditions. It’s so encouraging to read about the

Assurance and a Past Experience

June 24, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - altar calls, Assurance, Eternal Security, John 20:31, John 6:35

Sometime short questions powerfully capture the problem many people face. This question in my email, from someone we will call David, is a perfect example: Dear Bob: When I was in my teens, I think, or a little younger, I went forward in an invitation. I do not remember quite what happened there. I went

Knowledge Precedes Holiness (1 Peter 1:15-19)

June 23, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - holiness, Peter, Sanctification

It has often been noted that for the Apostle Paul, practical sanctification begins with your mind. Your life is renewed as your mind is renewed (see Rom 12:1-2; Eph 4:22-24). The same principle is taught by Peter. Here is a relevant passage: But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in