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LGBTQ Questions

March 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, gay weddings, Salvation for gays, salvation for transgenders

Here are two questions I have received in the last few weeks: Question #1: I have a cousin who was married for over thirty years. He decided to become a female, and he has changed his name to a female name and legally changed his sex status to female in Austin, though he still has

Michael Eaton on What You Can Lose When You Sin

February 28, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternal Security, Michael Eaton

People who deny eternal security think it’s unfair to say that Christians can sin and get away with it. But that’s a misunderstanding. The doctrine of eternal security doesn’t say you get away with sin. All it means is that whatever the consequences may be, they do not include losing your eternal salvation (see here

Sola Feels

February 27, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - bible, sola scriptura

The Babylon Bee, a Christian humor site, recently published an article lampooning progressive Evangelicals for rejecting Sola Scriptura in favor of the doctrine of Sola Feels. From the article: “Quite simply, ‘Sola Feels’ means that all spiritual truths only become true once they’re filtered through and accepted by our feels—all the feels,” popular author and

Grace at Walmart

February 26, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Discipleship, family, Grace, parenting

When grocery shopping, my wife and I would often cave to the kids’ demands that we buy them cheap little toys and goodies. “Can I have a dollar?” “Can you buy me this, please, please, please?” “Can I have two quarters for candy?” We realized it had become a problem when the kids started throwing

No One Seeks God (Romans 3:11)

February 25, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - No one seeks God, Romans 3:11, spiritual deadness

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. Here is a recent question I received: How to reconcile “no-one seeketh after God no not one” with free will to accept or reject God’s free gift? I think one is about the concept that man’s righteousness cannot make him justified, and the

“There’s No Right Interpretation!”

February 24, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - apologetics, relativism, truth

I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3b). Do you contend for the faith? We live in a skeptical and relativistic culture. For decades now, people have been taught that most* of what we believe is

The Effects of Reading the Bible Four Days a Week

February 21, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bible reading, inerrancy, spiritual disciplines, spiritual practices

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness (2 Tim 3:16). How important is it to read your Bible on a regular basis? In 2009, the Center for Biblical Engagement issued a report that concluded that people who read the Bible at

The Holy Spirit Guiding and Empowering Believers

February 20, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - decision making and the will of God, Divine guidance, Proverbs 3:5-6

In the January-February Grace in Focus Magazine, Marcia Hornok wrote an article entitled, “Spiritual GPS.” I received a nice letter wondering if Marcia was “negating the idea of guidance by the Holy Spirit.” The reader points out that she is not charismatic, but that she and her husband “have repeatedly experienced God’s leading and supernatural

Priestly Celibacy Nullifies the Word of God

February 19, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - lavender mafia, priestly celibacy, Roman Catholic

The issue of priestly celibacy is being debated again in the Roman Catholic Church. For one, there is a shortage of priests. Reformers think that allowing for married priests would encourage more men to take the role. But that would go against a thousand years of Church tradition and law (by contrast, in the East,

Seeing Things Through the Eyes of the Lord (Mark 13:1-2)

February 18, 2020 by Ken Yates in Blog

Mark 13 contains the famous Olivet Discourse in the Gospel of Mark. It starts off with the disciples being very impressed with the temple in Jerusalem. They point out to the Lord how beautiful it was (Mark 13:1). Many have remarked that it was an architectural wonder of the ancient world. Josephus and others observed