Why Holiness Churches Lack Assurance

If you’re in a Pentecostal or Holiness church, or if you’ve recently come out of one, you probably struggle with assurance of salvation. Why? Lyle Lange, a Lutheran theologian, explains: […]

When did God start giving people everlasting life_

A pastor asked me this excellent question: “Is it believed that when a person placed his faith in the Lord during the pre-cross dispensations, was he given eternal security/sealed with […]

Jean Vanier and the Trouble with Works Salvation

Everyone knows Mother Teresa. But you may not know the name Jean Vanier. I did. He was Canada’s equivalent to Mother Teresa. Vanier was the son of a Canadian ambassador, […]

March 5, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 1 John, abide, Fellowship
Two Abidings

Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the […]

Was Paul talking about the Rapture when he said that the Day of the Lord is coming as a thief in the night_

For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. Like a Thief in the Night This expression only occurs three […]

C. F. W. Walther on Horrible Evangelism

Not everyone believes the promise of life the first time he hears it. Some people are so committed to salvation by works that they think the promise of eternal life […]

Is it wrong to attend, or wrong not to attend, your son’s gay wedding_

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 […]

February 28, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternal Security, Michael Eaton
What You Can Lose When You Sin

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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