Can Someone Be Born Again, But Not Saved? Salvation in James 

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While preparing to introduce the epistle of James for a class I’m teaching, I researched what different leading conservative commentators say about salvation in James. What I found was surprising. I was familiar with three views. 1.The readers were believers who were saved forever. 2. The readers were believers who were saved, but who might
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A Good Example (Jeremiah 35)

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In a previous blog, I wrote about how in Jeremiah 34, we are given a negative example of the Jews in Jeremiah’s day concerning how they treated their slaves. In the very next chapter, Jeremiah gives a positive example that believers even today can learn from. Both the negative and positive examples given in these
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Do Few People Believe They’re Eternally Secure Apart from Works? 

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Not all people who identify themselves as holding to Free Grace Theology (FGT) agree that one must believe in Jesus for everlasting life/irrevocable salvation/permanent justification in order to be part of God’s forever family. In fact, some who profess to believe in FGT call that teaching a false gospel. One seminary professor, in criticizing the
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A Bad Example (Jeremiah 34)

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The OT is full of examples to follow and examples to avoid. Paul says that we can learn from those examples (1 Cor 10:6). In a recent study on Jeremiah, I found that the book gives a bad example in one chapter, followed by a good example in the next. In this blog, I will
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