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Does Your Eternal Destiny Depend on Your Forgiving Others? — Matthew 6:14-15

October 9, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - fellowship forgiveness, Forgiveness, Matt 6:14-15, Robert Jeffress

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” A friend pointed me to the October 2, 2018, broadcast of Pathway to Victory by Robert Jeffress. My friend heard him say that most religions

Are You Usable? (Hebrews 5:12)

October 8, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Hebrews, service, spiritual maturity, teaching

Have you ever prayed for God to use you? Maybe you shouldn’t. Maybe there’s something you need to be asking yourself first. As Samuel Brengle put it, “Instead of praying so much to be used, people should search themselves to know whether they are usable” (Helps to Holiness, p.69). Are you usable? The author of

Is John 7:53–8:11 Inspired Scripture?

October 5, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 7:53–8:11, Textual criticism, the woman caught in adultery

In the June 2018 edition of JETS (“The Pericope of the Woman Caught in Adultery: An Inspired Text Inserted into an Inspired Text?” pp. 321-37), Scott Kaczorowski makes an amazing suggestion about John 7:53–8:11. Many have suggested that it is not part of John’s Gospel, but that it does represent an actual historical incident. Metzger’s

How Context Helps (Mark 4:3)

October 4, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - context, four soils, hardened hearts, Mark 4:1-20, rewards

In Mark 4:3, Jesus begins the Parable of the Four Soils: “Listen! Behold a sower went out to sow.” Anyone exposed to Free Grace teaching in regards to this parable understands how misunderstood it is by many within Christendom. While everyone agrees that the first soil represents unbelievers, most think that the second and third

Two Reasons to Hate Sola Fide

October 3, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - hate, Justification, preparationism

I have been preaching through Galatians. We just finished chapter 2. I was struck by v 16 and how emphatically Paul insisted that a man is not justified by works of the Law, but through faith in Christ: knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in

Ghost Writers Often Confuse the Issue in Saving Faith, Even Billy Graham’s Ghost Writers

October 2, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Believe plus nothing, Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, faith alone, saving faith

A reader sent me an article dated August 28, 2018 from The Commercial Appeal. I think this is from the Memphis paper. The article is entitled, “It is not enough for us to just ‘believe in Jesus Christ.’” A question is given: “My friend asked me to become a Christian and said all I had

One Mediator, Two Directions

October 1, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - mediation, Mediator, Prayer, Salvation

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). Jesus is the Mediator, and His mediation works in two directions. First, Jesus mediates God to you. You do not “see” the Father’s glory directly, but through Christ: And the Word became flesh, and dwelt

The Master’s University and Seminary Put on Academic Probation

September 28, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Probation at TMUS; Accreditation; John MacArthur; TMS; Lordship Salvation

At church yesterday a friend told me that The Master’s University and Seminary (= TMUS) has been put on academic probation by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (=WASC), TMUS’ regional accrediting agency. Then when I opened my email this morning, a friend sent me a link to a ninety minute video blog by

Free Grace Theology Is Really Important (Mark 4:13)

September 27, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - basics, four soils, Grace, Mark 4:1-20, Works

At the end of the Parable of the Four Soils in Mark 4, the disciples asked the Lord to explain the parable to them. He does so, but before explaining the parable, He asks them a couple of questions. “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?” (Mark 4:13).

I’m Interested in Everything

September 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eternity, ruling, vocation, work

I’m interested in just about everything. There are several languages I want to learn really well—Modern Greek, Koine, Hebrew, Afrikaans, German, Swedish, and Spanish for starters. There are many instruments I’d love to learn to play well—the marimba, piano, ukulele, trumpet, and the Hammond B3 organ. I want to become a better painter and illustrator.