When was Abraham justified before God? We don’t know when Abraham first came to believe in God, or when the Lord first spoke to him. We do know that Abraham was 75 years old when, at God’s command, he departed Haran for the promised land (Gen 12:4). But, presumably, Abraham had come to believe in

We just got the book, Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? in our office last week. So I’ve only had a chance to give it a fast read. However, I’ve seen enough to be disturbed. Actually in the Foreword Dr. Craig Evans anticipates my reaction, “Many Christian readers of Dr. Licona’s book will be

  A few months back I committed to doing an on-air debate on the issue of justification by faith alone. I thought I’d be debating a Lordship Salvation person, but I did not know who until two days ago. I’ll be debating the author of Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel

“Umm, we need to talk….” Those are words no one wants to hear. Whether it’s your spouse, your boss, your teacher, or a friend, from the moment you hear those words, to the moment you have the meeting, your life will probably be filled with anxiety. “What did I do?” “What kind of trouble am

I recently got a text from a friend of mine. He reminded me of a conversation we had recently where we both pointed out that those outside of the Free Grace movement often lay the charge that the Free Grace view of eternal life cannot be true. We hold that eternal life is a free

Yesterday I received a call from a Pastor friend in Nebraska. Someone who attended his church took exception to him referring to believers as sinners. The man said, “Believers are saints, not sinners.” Evidently the man was coming from a Calvinist tradition. He thought that believers cannot stray very far or for very long. Thus

GES emphasizes the fact that a person receives eternal life by faith alone in Christ alone. This life, by definition, cannot be lost. We know we have it because of the promise of Christ Himself. It is right that we emphasize such things. However, when we believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life we also

I was flying back from Portland when I tried an easy way to evangelize, taught to me by good friend, Dr. Steve Lewis, President of Rocky Mountain Seminary. Here’s how it works. If you meet someone who professes to believe in Jesus, you ask them, “Would you like to know an easy way to share

About 25 years ago a friend of mine we will call “Steve” told me that his Southern Baptist Pastor has mentioned the book The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He said it was a great book. So Steve bought the book and read it. Even though Steve was a Free Grace guy, he was

Yesterday I listened to three theologians talk about the authority of Scripture. I was surprised when one of them said, “We don’t read the Bible individually. We read it in community.” That sounded postmodern to me. The speakers did not go on to give a clear explanation of what this meant. I thought it meant