July 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job, Suffering
Earthly pains, spiritual longing

Job was extremely religious, extremely pious, and extremely good. Even God said, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, […]

Is Salvation Secure if You Fail to Persevere_

Dr. Craig Keener is a leading New Testament Evangelical scholar. He has published commentaries on Matthew, John, Acts, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, and Revelation. He is a Professor of New […]

Does the NT support the ecumenical movement_

When I was an army chaplain, there were many who pushed for ecumenical understanding. This meant that doctrinal differences should not keep us from working and ministering together. We should […]

July 8, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, Faith, propositional
Twelve Theses on Belief

Question What is the Free Grace definition of belief? Also, what is “intellectual consent,” and is it more than a belief in a historical Jesus? I would like to understand. […]

Stepping down from the pastorate.

This past Sunday, I announced I was stepping down from pastoring the contemporary service at Gateway United Baptist Church. I started serving as an experiment. It was an experiment for […]

If all doesn’t always mean all, then how can we know when it does_ (1)

A friend asked this insightful question: You mentioned recently on a podcast that the word all does not always mean all in the New Testament. That seems to fit your […]

July 3, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job, Suffering
Suffering taught Job.

Job’s three friends had a very legalistic view of the world and of God. They thought everything worked according to a clear and simple law of moral cause and effect—of […]

July 2, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - demons, fasting, Prayer
Are there some demons stronger than others_

I have always found Mark 9:29 to be a strange and hard to understand verse. A man has brought his son who has a demon that caused the young boy […]

Did the disciples receive the Spirit at Pentecost, or seven weeks earlier_

A friend just sent in this super question: I just finished listening to your podcast about repentance and baptism for the forgiveness of sins and had a question about when […]

Pentecost on Eternal Security

Here is a great quote from J. Dwight Pentecost, writing in 1965, on why the promise of eternal life implies eternal security: The promise of God is a basis for […]

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