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Jack Cottrell Hopes He Will Keep Believing

June 11, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminian, Arminianism, Assurance, Continuous faith, Cottrell

Jack Cottrell is an Arminian theologian. If you want to read a serious Arminian, start with him. Cottrell wrote a summary of his beliefs—a short systematic theology—called His Truth: Scriptural Truths About Basic Doctrines. The last chapter is on assurance. At the beginning of the chapter, he identified two prominent errors regarding assurance. The first

Greg Laurie’s Take on Repentance and Salvation

June 8, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Cor 7:10, Acts 17:30, Acts 3:19, Greg Laurie, Repentance and Salvation

On May 18 of this year, Greg Laurie posted a blog entitled “Close, But Not Close Enough.” You can read his blog here. A reader of our blog asked what I thought of Laurie’s blog. Laurie cites three passages in his article. The main passage he cites is 2 Cor 7:9-10: “Now I rejoice, not

Jack Cottrell Confuses Eternal Security and Perseverance

June 7, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminian, Continuous faith, Cottrell

Jack Cottrell is an Arminian writer and theologian. He writes from within the Stone-Campbell tradition. If you’d like to read an Arminian who believes in inerrancy and tries to be a Biblical theologian, I recommend his work (though, not all his conclusions!). His Truth: Scriptural Truths About Basic Doctrines is Cottrell’s short (116 pages) summary

Give Paige Patterson a Fair Hearing

June 6, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - #metoo, conservatives, liberals, Paige Patterson

Paige Patterson was recently demoted, then fired, as President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. There was intense one-sided coverage, followed by a quick decision by SWBTS. Personally, I’m always suspicious when “justice” is mostly tried in Social Media. I’m especially suspicious when only one side is covered. And frankly, I’m also on guard when a

We All Stumble — James 2:10; 3:2; 4:17

June 5, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Good, James, Sin

The idea that James teaches the necessity of good works to be eternally saved comes up against a very strong objection: James says that absolutely no one is qualified to be saved on the basis of their works. On the one hand, James emphasizes that we all sin. For we all stumble in many ways

Does Hebrews 11:13-16 Contradict the New Earth?

June 4, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Hebrews 11:13-16, Resurrection, The New Earth, The New Jerusalem

I received this email question: I have been going through the book, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible, with my pastor and we have both enjoyed it and have been challenged by it. I have learned much about heaven from it and am excited to live again on the new earth for eternity,

Hell? Yes!

June 1, 2018 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Hell, justice

By Dix Winston* Speaking to journalist and friend, Eugenio Scafari, the Pope reportedly said of those dying without Christ (or according to Roman Catholic Theology in a state of mortal sin): “They are not punished. Those who repent obtain God’s forgiveness and take their place among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those

Universalism and 1 Corinthians 15:22

May 31, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:22, General Resurrection, Positional Truth, universalism

First Corinthians 15:22 is a favorite verse for univeralists: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive (1 Cor 15:22). Universalists say that “all” in Adam is co-extensive with the “all” in Christ. Hence, since all of humanity died in Adam, so, too, all of humanity will be

Is Everlasting Life the Result of Faith in Christ? Or Is It the Content of Faith in Christ?

May 30, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, evangelism, Everlasting Life, saving faith

Recently I received two similar responses to a recent blog (which you can read here). In the blog I had said that we must believe that what we get from the Lord by believing in Him is irrevocable, whether we call that everlasting life, salvation, justification, forgiveness, or new life. Those two responses I received

What Will Your Legacy Be?

May 29, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - Eternity, Legacy

Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance….a better resurrection…of whom the world was not worthy (Heb 11:35-39). I recently had a conversation with some friends about a movie that was recently released. It is an animated film that is based upon a religious holiday in Mexico. That holiday is called the Day of the Dead. The