Grace in Focus – December 1988
Saturday Mornings: The Rough Road of a Carnal Christian
By Luis C. Rodriguez It was a Saturday morning, but it could have been any morning. A night out drinking, smoking, shooting pool, laughing. Now a terrible hangover. I hurt inside. And I could see that I was hurting the people I loved and the God who had saved me. This was painful-to think that
Absolute Certainty or Acceptable Doubt?
When I became a Christian I was taught that I could know for sure that I was eternally secure in God’s love. I was taught that assurance of salvation meant the certain knowledge that no matter what happened in the future I was a member of God’s forever family. Today, however, some who believe in
Not Everyone Who Says “Lord, Lord” Will Enter the Kingdom: Matthew 7:21-23
21 Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in