Grace in Focus – November/December 2021
Must You Believe in Christ’s Deity to Be Saved?
By Zane Hodges Question September 30, 2007 Dear Zane, I pray that all is going well with you. You are constantly in my prayers for your strength, endurance, health, and wisdom for interpretation and writing. In your two-part talk and paper at the GES [conference], “How to Lead People to Christ (Part 1 and Part
Why Are the Amish Against Assurance?
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Must We Confess to Be Forgiven?
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How Do We Grieve the Holy Spirit?
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Romans 13: A Concise Commentary
From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Obeying those in authority (13:1-7) 13:1. Paul begins by making clear that he conceives of no exceptions to what he is now saying (every person). The subjection enjoined here is based on the simple fact that there is no authority if it is not
Top 5 Reasons Not to Tear Down Your House
By Summer Stevens I watched him walk up the stairs to our room. It was the third weekend in a row we’d had a stupid argument, and this one was on me and we both knew it. I flopped onto the couch and sighed in frustration. Immediately a verse flashed into my mind: “A wise
How Would You Define Saving Faith?
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Paul Rejected Salvation by NonMeritorious Works
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Simon, Peter, or Cephas?
By Laurence M. Vance “But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed” (Gal 2:11). Although this verse seems rather inconspicuous, it is actually one of the most significant verses in the New Testament. This is not to say that Paul meant it to be
Musings on Missions
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Parting with the Theologians
By Andrew Engelman You Can’t Be Sure? They threw it all at me—all of it. They said that before the fall of man, God ordained who would be saved. They told me I was dead, a corpse, unable to receive the gift of grace unless it had already been chosen for me. I had to
Pew Card Evangelism
By Marcia Hornok Recently I attended a large Bible church, well known in Evangelical circles for expository sermons and the longevity of its lead pastor’s ministry. He has a vast online presence; his popular study Bible has been distributed worldwide, and he founded a seminary to train pastors. Enjoying the organ music while waiting for