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Will Every Believer Be Praised by Jesus at the Bema? — 1 Corinthians 4:5i

December 24, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 4:5, Each One’s Praise, The Judgment Seat of Christ

I attended a conference in which a main session speaker said that the statement by Paul, “then each one’s praise will come from God” (1 Cor 4:5), shows that every believer will have some good works and will receive at least some praise at the Judgment Seat of Christ (Bema). I’ve heard that claim on

Jesus Said It First (Rom 3:8)

December 21, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - antinomianism, Gospel, Grace, law

Years ago, there was a popular country song called “I Loved Her First.” It was about a young woman getting married. The song is from the perspective of the woman’s father. He reminds the groom that the father loved the girl first. I also remember years ago that someone in a Bible study said everything

Another Look at 1 Timothy 2:11-15

December 20, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Timothy 2:11-15, Evangelical feminism, The role of women in the church

Recently (see here) I wrote a blog addressing Ben Witherington’s defense of Evangelical feminism. One of the comments to that blog asked about feminist explanations of 1 Tim 2:11-15 and mentioned some articles which could be read. I did not find the explanations given to be persuasive. However, rather than interact with those articles, which

Grace in Ministry (Galatians 6:13-14)

December 19, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Galatians, Grace, ministry

Paul’s letter to the Galatians contrasts law-religion and grace-religion. The contrast applies not only to how you are justified before God, but also to how you live the Christian life. One of the differences between law-religion and grace-religion shows itself in the pressures to have a “successful” ministry. What usually counts as a successful ministry?

“False Brethren” in the New Testament

December 18, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Corinthians 11:26, False brethren, Galatians 2:4

The expression false brethren (pseudadelphoi) only occurs twice in the NT. One of those uses is in Gal 2:1-5: Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and also took Titus with me. And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles,

Burden Bearing (Galatians 6:1-6)

December 17, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian living, Galatians, Sanctification, spirituality

I believe that Christian “spirituality” boils down to loving Jesus and loving your neighbor. There are some other elements, to be sure, but that’s the master theme. And this isn’t an emotional-sentimental love. It’s a practical, get-your-hands-dirty kind of love. It’s a give a hungry person a sandwich, or better yet, give him a job,

Unless You Repent You Will All Likewise Perish (Luke 13:3, 5)

December 14, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 5; Unless you repent, Luke 13:3, you will all likewise perish; Repentance and perishing.

I’ve been working on a book on repentance. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on this subject over thirty years ago. Then about a dozen years later, I changed my understanding of repentance, and of the passage we discuss in this blog. This chapter is drawn from one of the proposed chapters for this upcoming book.

No More Scarlet Letters (Galatians 6:1)

December 13, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - church discipline, gentleness, restoration

Have you ever read Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter or seen one of the film adaptations? The story is set in Puritan Boston. The protagonist is a woman named Hester Prynne. She was sent to live in colonial America by her husband, who was supposed to follow her but was captured by the Indians. As

A Great Trait for All Christians (Acts 18:24)

December 12, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - Apollos, Aquila, Priscilla, teaching

In Acts 18:24 we are introduced to a man by the name of Apollos. We are told that he was an “eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures.” He lived in a Greek culture where eloquence was a much desired trait. Luke goes on to say that Apollos had been “instructed in the way of

The Benefits of the Cross: Actual or Potential?

December 11, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - atonement, cross

I was talking to a friend about the different views of the atonement in Free Grace circles. We came around to the issue of potentiality versus actuality. What did the cross actually accomplish? What did it potentially accomplish? I came up with an illustration for the differences of opinion that exist in Evangelical circles. Imagine