A reader alerted us to this quote from John Piper. It appears in the Foreword to Thomas Schreiner’s Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015). As […]

On Saturday, June 3, 2017, I debated Dr. Matthew Bates, author of Salvation by Allegiance Alone. You can hear the debate by clicking here. My overall reaction to the debate […]

The Claim by Dr. Matthew Bates: Pistis Means Faithfulness in Salvific Contexts Recently (June 3, 2017) I was involved in a debate about saving faith on Moody Radio’s Up for […]

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 […]

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, […]

  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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]