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 […]

Should you belong to a particular teacher_

I was reading the Mockingbird Devotional for October 11. The devotion was written by Curt Benham, an Anglican priest in Atlanta. I got to meet him at a Mockingbird conference […]

October 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Galatians, Grace, Law & Gospel
Are your relationships based on Law or based on Grace_

It is a universal fact of human nature that we all want to love and be loved. We all want to belong. But how will we do it? By law […]

RECENTLY ADDED

Does the Evidence Persuade You? 

In Luke 12:54-56, the Lord rebukes a multitude of Jewish listeners. He points out that they can figure out when it will rain and when it will...

Will the Judgment Seat of Christ Be Like the Seven Letters in Revelation 2-3?

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio / podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the Judgment Seat of Christ and...

Do You Know If Your Name Is in the Book of Life? Philippians 4:1-3

Around 1990, Dr. Ken Sarles and I debated Lordship Salvation at Dallas Theological Seminary. Ken was then a professor in the Historical Theology department at DTS. We debated for...

GRACE IN FOCUS RADIO

GRACE IN FOCUS MAGAZINE

Grace in Focus is sent to subscribers in the United States free of charge.

The primary source of Grace Evangelical Society’s funding is through charitable contributions. GES uses all contributions and proceeds from the sales of our resources to further the gospel of grace in the United States and abroad.