By Shawn Lazar {This is Chapter 3 from the new book Beyond Doubt: How to Be Sure of Your Salvation} My college roommate had a talent for card tricks. It infuriated me. He had this one trick called The Slapstick. First, he’d shuffle a deck of cards and ask me to pick one without showing

By Bill Fiess For he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God (Heb 11:10). I believe that the city which Abraham waited for in Heb 11:10 is Jerusalem/the New Jerusalem (in the Millennium and on the new earth, respectively). A key to seeing this is that the author of

By Zane C. Hodges {This is Chapter 3 from the new book First Peter: The Salvation of the Soul} The transforming work of God by which our “souls” are transformed and prepared for glory will touch every area of our earthly experience. The first such area, and the core area of all Christian experience, is

By Randy White It’s time for someone to say, “The Emperor has no clothes.” That emperor is the church planting movement, and this article is about the failure nobody wants to talk about. Church planting has been the rage of North American mission work for this generation. Almost every North American mission agency has given

By Ken Yates In Acts 17, the Apostle Paul finds himself in the city of Athens, Greece. Luke, the author of Acts, tells us that when Paul was in the city his spirit was “stirred” up within him (Acts 17:16). The word has the basic idea of being irritated or provoked about something. Luke tells

By Bud Brown It took me four years to meet my neighbors. Our home sits in a middleclass, working neighborhood surrounded by young families, retirees, and a few career singles. Like those around us, my wife and I were content to drive off in the morning, return in the evening, and retreat to the enclave.

By Staff Judged According to Works? Q: In Rom 2:6-10, Paul tells us that God will “render to each one according to his deeds” and we will be sent to “eternal life” or “indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” based upon those deeds. How, then, can you teach that salvation is by faith apart from

By Zane C Hodges with Robert N. Wilkin {This is Chapter 9 from the new book Tough Texts: Did Jesus Teach Salvation by Works?} Bob Wilkin (BW): To understand what Jesus is talking about in this passage, it is crucial to recall the context of the Olivet Discourse and to review its parabolic structure. In

By Zane Hodges {This is Chapter 10 from the new book Spiritual Lessons from the Life of David} How starkly does the attitude of Jonathan towards David contrast with the attitude now seen in King Saul. Whenever God is at work, as He clearly was with David, Satan is also at work to oppose Him.