Romans 8_1 deals with deliverance from slavery to sin, not justification by faith alone.

Romans 8:1 is widely misunderstood for two reasons: first, katakrima, the word typically translated as condemnation, does not mean that. That will be the subject of this blog. Second, the […]

November 9, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - boldness, pastors, Prayer
What to Pray for Your Pastor(1)

Do you pray for your pastor? What do you ask for? Here’s what Paul requested prayer for: Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be […]

What Did John Piper Mean When He Said, “You Can Believe the Promises of God and Be Lost”_

A friend pointed me to a May 27, 2015, blog post by Dr. John Piper at desiringgod.org. The title of the post caught my attention: “You Can Believe the Promises […]

“We Go to Heaven by Obeying the Ten Commandments”(1)

Don Matzat, a Lutheran pastor of fifty years, tells the following story of teaching a new church the doctrine of justification by faith apart from works: In one parish I […]

The salvation of 1 Corinthians 5_5 is a potential future salvation, not an actual present salvation.

Here is a good question I just received: I’ve been chewing on 1 Cor. 5:5 for these last days, and I can’t get assurance out of the final words “hand […]

Salvation by works in the Anglican Catechism.

I’ve been reading several Anglican writers recently who I think are Free Grace friendly. For example, did you know that Dallas Seminary was co-founded by an Anglican priest named W. […]

The cross and the presence of God

“The cross reminds us that God is present, especially when it looks like he’s not” (David Zahl, Mockingbird Devotional, p. 62). What does Zahl mean here? When do you feel […]

Taking Romans 10_9-10 Out of Context Results in a False Gospel.

“…that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the […]

October 31, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - good works, Grace, one-way love
Why do you do good works_(1)

If you preach grace—that God saves you through simple faith in Jesus for eternal life, apart from your works (cf. Gal 2:16)—then why do good? What’s the point of all […]

Not all believers know God in the experiential sense.

Here is another good question I received: In an article on your page concerning 1 John 2:3-11, you make the following statement: “When John speaks of knowing Christ, he is […]

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