Lordship Salvation Wrongly Calls the Grace Position “No-Lordship” Lordship Salvation is the view that in order to be born again one must do more than simply believe the facts of the gospel. John MacArthur writes, “The gospel call to faith presupposes that sinners must repent of their sin and yield to Christ’s authority. That, in

Pastor Fred Lybrand of Northeast Bible Church in San Antonio pointed out to me several years ago that our Affirmations did not accurately reflect what we believed on assurance (i.e., what we had strongly held and taught for years on assurance). I thanked him for calling that inconsistency to my attention and as a result

By C. H. Mackintosh Shall we refuse to suffer from the hand of man with Him who suffered from the hand of God for us? That it is, in a certain sense, a question, is evident, from the Spirit’s constant use of the word if, in connection with it. “If we suffer with Him, we

I’ve heard many suggest that 1 Cor 15:3-11 is one of the clearest statements in the Bible of how one is born again. Many feel that Paul is here telling believers precisely what we should say in order to lead people to faith in the Lord Jesus for eternal life. It’s my contention that Paul

Luke 7:9 By Jeremy D. Myers There are two kinds of faith that amazed Jesus: great faith and little faith. In Luke 7:9, Jesus marveled at the great faith of a Gentile, a Roman centurion. He said, “I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” There were also times when the Lord

For about 8 years I was involved in a religious boy’s club. We played basketball, baseball, and tackle football. And we received religious instruction. My parents didn’t realize it, but this instruction was highly legalistic. I remember one song we used to sing often at camp. It is called A Charge to Keep I Have.

Even Our Basic Beliefs Are Not Certain In a recent book entitled, Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Wheaton University Professor of Philosophy Dr. Jay Wood makes this statement: “Modest foundationalists make no claims about the invincible certainty of one’s basic beliefs” (p. 98). The reason why Wood, himself a modest foundationalist, believes we cannot be certain

The Principle Stated After a short ministry in Thessalonica, Paul moved on to Berea due to Jewish opposition. Again he went to the synagogues of the Jews. This time he was warmly received: “These [Jewish unbelievers in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and

Sometimes grace people do not think as clearly as they need to on important issues. The sin of unbelief—not believing in the Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life—is one of these issues. Let me address some questions that have, or might, arise on this subject. Question: Did Christ die for the sin of unbelief? Answer:

Most Commentators Say They Are in Hell In both the OT and NT we are told that God hated Esau even before he was born. This is typically understood by commentators as indicating that Esau was not elect to eternal life, but that he was a reprobate who is now in hell. Concerning the expression