July 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Conferences, events, regionals
Free Grace Evenings

We do a national conference once a year. And we’ve been doing anywhere between three to six regional conferences a year. Those take a lot of organization. And energy. And there are lots of moving parts to synchronize. I wonder if there’s a better option to reach as many people in person as possible? I […]

July 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job, Suffering
Earthly pains, spiritual longing

Job was extremely religious, extremely pious, and extremely good. Even God said, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” (Job 1:8). But being blameless and upright doesn’t mean you know all there is to know about God […]

Is Salvation Secure if You Fail to Persevere_

Dr. Craig Keener is a leading New Testament Evangelical scholar. He has published commentaries on Matthew, John, Acts, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, and Revelation. He is a Professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is an Evangelical Arminian. A friend recently sent me a link (see here) to his April 28, 2015, article […]

Does the NT support the ecumenical movement_

When I was an army chaplain, there were many who pushed for ecumenical understanding. This meant that doctrinal differences should not keep us from working and ministering together. We should not let denominational differences keep us from doing the work of the Lord. Sometimes Mark 9:40 was used to support this notion. Jesus is talking […]

July 8, 2019   in Audio

Workshop Messages Plenary Messages PowerPoints Bond_GES – Eph. 6 Faul_God’s Wisdom for Marriages Kenny Hodges Ephesians 3.1-13 GES (1) Lazar_BeRenewed_Eph4_17to24 Lee_GESNational2019_Lee_The Real Illuminatti Lucas_GESNational2019 Lucas NIemela_Pauls Hallelujah Chorus Eph 1 1 14 Wilkin_Plenary 1 Saved by Grace Through Faith apart from Works, Eph 2_1-10 Wilkin_Plenary 2 Faithfulness in Family and Workplace Wilkin_Workshop Lordship Salvation Is […]

July 8, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, Faith, propositional
Twelve Theses on Belief

Question What is the Free Grace definition of belief? Also, what is “intellectual consent,” and is it more than a belief in a historical Jesus? I would like to understand. Answer There are disagreements in Free Grace (and in Evangelicalism and Christianity) circles over those questions. Here is my answer in the form of twelve […]

Stepping down from the pastorate.

This past Sunday, I announced I was stepping down from pastoring the contemporary service at Gateway United Baptist Church. I started serving as an experiment. It was an experiment for the church to see if there was a demand for a contemporary service. The average age of the church was about seventy. They needed to […]

If all doesn’t always mean all, then how can we know when it does_ (1)

A friend asked this insightful question: You mentioned recently on a podcast that the word all does not always mean all in the New Testament. That seems to fit your texts ok, but does that not dilute the value of some of the assurance statements where it says He forgives “all sin,” etc.? How would […]

July 3, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Job, Suffering
Suffering taught Job.

Job’s three friends had a very legalistic view of the world and of God. They thought everything worked according to a clear and simple law of moral cause and effect—of reward and punishment—in which good people are blessed, and bad people suffer. So when they saw Job suffering, the only explanation for it, given their […]

July 2, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - demons, fasting, Prayer
Are there some demons stronger than others_

I have always found Mark 9:29 to be a strange and hard to understand verse. A man has brought his son who has a demon that caused the young boy to be deaf and dumb and tried to destroy him. Jesus cast the demon out. The disciples had tried to cast the demon out before […]

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