Thanksgiving…with Tears

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originally published in the November/December 2016 edition of Grace in Focus “For we do not grieve as those without hope” (1 Thess 4:13). Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, not just for turkey dinners and a day off work, but because it is an annual reminder — often overlooked but ever-present— that we have much to
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George Müller on Rewards

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Rewards “Christians do not practically remember that while we are saved by grace, altogether by grace, so that in the matter of salvation works are altogether excluded; yet that as far as the rewards of grace are concerned, in the world to come, there is a intimate connection between the life of the Christian here
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Gospel Simplicity

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At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. (Matt 11:25 ESV) The Complexity of the Pharisees Matthew 11 is a sad time in the Gospel of Matthew. John the Baptist has been
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Did God Really Say That?

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And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Genesis 3:1) Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (Acts 26:8) Inerrancy in Question GES recently held a conference in NC on Biblical Inerrancy. Inerrancy deals
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Living in a World Reigned by Sin and Death

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That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:21) There is a strong tendency in the Christian church to look at the Bible as a book that simply tells us how “to go to heaven.” However, thanks to many wonderful
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Christian Living and Works

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by Zane Hodges, excerpted from Grace in Eclipse It is quite true that Paul taught justification apart from works. But he did not teach Christian living apart from works. Nor did he affirm that those works flowed inevitably from justifying faith. Instead, Paul instructed Titus: This is a faithful saying, and these things I want
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