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The Best Evangelism Is 2G, not 4G 

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Many Evangelicals do not share their faith. That’s because they’ve been taught a man-made evangelistic message. The best phone connection used to be 4G. Now the best phone connection is 5G. Regarding evangelism, the best connection–indeed, the only authentic connection–is 2G. It’s called 2G because of John 4:10, where the Lord Jesus speaks of the
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Meeting Our Translators

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GES is fortunate to have a number of outstanding translators. They translate our blogs and other material into eight languages (see here). Many of these translators live in Europe. I have “met” many through various zoom classes, but never in person. A common comment by these translators is that it is very hard to find
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How Can We Be Free to Believe in Christ and Yet Unable to Believe in Him?

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Peter sent me another article saying, “there is something sideways about this one also.” It is the March 22, 2023, Pathway to Victory devotional from First Baptist Dallas pastor, Robert Jeffress.i It is entitled, “The Ability to Believe Is a Gift.” You can read the entire devotional here. Jeffress is advocating a Calvinist position, but
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Can Democrats Be Saved?

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I had to laugh when I read this question from Mike: Dear Bob, I believe the same thing about salvation—once saved, always saved. I am also a Democrat. Is it true that you have to be Republican to be Christian? Greg Locke said some very hateful words [about Democrats who profess to be believers], and
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Day One After Cataract Surgery 

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Four years ago my Ophthalmologist told me that it was time. But I checked with my Optometrist, and he said no. But in the past year it has been harder and harder to see things on the computer. And it has been extremely hard to drive at night. I see halos around headlights. I went
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Is My Testimony Common or Uncommon?

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I’ve been teaching a Sunday school class entitled “Answering Your Bible Questions.” Each week I answer four or five questions. One of them was this question about testimonies. Based on my experience of 49 years in the ministry (1974 to presenti), I have found these are three major elements found in most testimonies: Before I
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Was Zane Hodges’s View of the Saving Message Misguided, Anemic, Inconsistent, and Evasive? Part 2 

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A 2019 doctoral paper by Nicholas James Claxton (available online—see here) is entitled “Faith Without Works: The Gospel According to Zane Hodges.” In part 1, we considered Claxton’s first three objections to Hodges. Now we will discuss his other four objections: 4. “To limit the content of faith to Christ’s guarantee of eternal life seems
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