Grace in Focus – March/April 2012
The Sons of God and Great Wickedness (Genesis 6:1-8; 2 Peter 2:4)
Introduction Genesis 6:1-8 is one of the most amazing passages in the entire Bible. This passage touches on issues like fallen angels, demons, Noah’s flood, man’s sinfulness, God’s judgment, hell, and grace. The mythologies of the Greeks and other cultures in which the gods had superhuman children by having sexual relations with humans may be
A Voice from the Past: James Hall Brookes on Assurance
From Salvation: The Way Made Plain Originally published in 1871 by American Sunday-School Union, Philadelphia. You know whether you are trusting in Him alone for salvation, or whether you expect to enter heaven on any other ground; and if you can truthfully say that your trust is in Jesus, and in none but Jesus, you
Church Spotlight Resurgence Church
Resurgence Church, Evansville, IN Resurgence Church is a small congregation of free grace believers in southern Indiana. Resurgence seeks for sound biblical exegesis and vibrant worship and creates opportunities of service in the community of Evansville, Indiana, while allowing for a casual church experience. Resurgence exists to build fresh faith into the lives of
Joined Together at the Bema
by Grant Hawley Introduction Recently, I found myself curious about the English Standard Version (ESV) translation because a lot of my Reformed friends use it. As I was hopping around to a few of my favorite passages, 2 Cor 5:14 jumped out at me. It says, “For the love of Christ controls us, because we
Free Grace DOES Take Sin Seriously
by Paul Miles Back in the days when Presidents went to church, Calvin Coolidge’s wife asked him about a service he had recently attended. She asked him, “What was the service about?” to which, he replied, “Sin.” Of course, this begs the follow up question, “Well, what did he say about sin?” to which Coolidge