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Receiving Christ as Savior?

April 18, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, evangelism, evangelistic invitations, receiving Christ

From my In-Box: I have a question for you. Do you think Receiving Christ as Savior is just as powerful as Believing in Him? The reason I say this is, because for an unbeliever it may make it easier for him to transition into Christ and feel welcomed into Heaven. Just a thought I’ve

Grace Among the Anglicans?

April 17, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Anglican church, Leon Morris

Question. I was brought up in the Anglican church in Australia but have come to believe that salvation is a free gift. Around the middle of last year, I also came to believe that the Calvinism taught in many Anglican churches is wrong. Now I am coming away from that, and I am trying

Don’t Add to the Book! — Revelation 22:18

April 16, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - Revelation

I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book (Rev 22:18). Question. Does Rev 22:18 prove people can lose eternal life? Answer. Thanks for your question. Let me address two issues.

Everlasting Salvation and Abraham

April 13, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Abraham, eternal life, everlasting covenant

What did Abraham believe? What was the content of his faith in God? Did he believe in God for lots of grandkids and great-grandkids, or did he also have everlasting salvation on his mind? When Abraham believed, could he have believed in God for something eternal? I wish there were an explicit verse that answered

Decisionism Is Not Consistent with Faith-Alone in Christ Alone

April 12, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Did you know that people still write letters by hand? I got a handwritten letter in the mail asking about something I wrote in A Gospel of Doubt. I was discussing Dr. John MacArthur’s criticism of decisionism (p. 38). I indicated that I too do not believe in decisionism. Decisionism is where people indicate

The Samaritans and Everlasting Salvation

April 11, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - eternal life, evangelism, Samaritans

Did the woman at the well understand that Jesus was offering her eternal life? Is that the kind of salvation she, and other Samaritans, were expecting from the Messiah? Were they thinking in eternal terms? Or did they believe in Him with no thought of salvation, let alone of eternal life, at all? Well,

God and Temptation — James 1:13

April 9, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evil, Sin, sovereignty, temptation, Westminster Confession

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt any one (James 1:13). Where does temptation come from? Apparently, James knew believers who thought it came from God. Some Christians still think that today, because of how

If Trust Is Not a Good Word for Faith, What Is?

April 6, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - belief, evangelism, Lordship Salvation, Trust, Wayne Grudem

I received a handwritten letter (yes, some people still do that!) asking the question which is the title of this blog. The question concerned a November-December 2017 Grace in Focus magazine article by Bill Fiess and me entitled, “Saving Faith Is Not Heartfelt Trust.” The article was not discussing trust per se, but heartfelt trust.

A Mixed Crowd — John 8:33

April 5, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog

Question. Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say that the speakers are not the new believers in John 8:33? I still do not get it. Answer. In chapter 8 Jesus is talking to a large group of people. There are many unbelievers in the crowd (see v 19 and v 23). But