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Two Burials (Exod 2:11-14)

August 2, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - major ian thomas, spiritual growth, spiritual maturity

There is a big difference between acting in your strength, according to your plans and acting in God’s power, according to God’s plans. Think of Moses and two very different burials that happened in his life. Remember when he killed an Egyptian who was attacking a Hebrew? Now it came about in those days, when

Does God Ever Direct Wrath Toward Believers?

August 1, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Repentance, Temporal Judgment, Wrath of God

In a July-August Grace in Focus Magazine article (see here), I answered a long list of ten questions asked by a reader. In one of my answers (#9) I suggested that repentance is not necessary to be born again, but “it is necessary to escape temporal wrath in this life” (Grace in Focus Magazine, July-August

Preview of the Spring 2018 Journal

July 31, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - journal, subscriptions

We publish the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society twice a year. The Journal is where we publish longer, more academic articles, as well as book reviews. But the articles are written at an undergraduate level. In the current issue—the Spring 2018 Journal—there are some articles you might be interested in. Ken Yates addresses what

If Faith Is Intellectual Assent, Then What Is Believing in the Heart in Romans 10:9-10?

July 27, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Believing in the Heart, Faith, Heart Faith, Romans 10:9-10, saving faith

After a recent blog (see here) in which I argued that faith is simply intellectual assent (and in which I referred to a Grace in Focus Magazine article by me and Bill Fiess on trust), I received an excellent question via email. Here is part of the question: Romans 10:9, which contains the phrase “believe

Five Practical Examples of Godly Speech (James 5:9-16)

July 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - carnal, Christian speech, tongue, virtue

“Some things are better left unsaid”—is what I generally realize right after saying them. The Epistle of James has much to say about the tongue. One of the signs of spiritual immaturity or carnality is that every time you open your mouth the “old man” comes out. What you say will often reveal the state

Make Inheriting Your Goal (1 Corinthians 6:10)

July 25, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - inheriting the Kingdom

Question I am finally coming around to the Free Grace movement. However, I am still so confused about sanctification and why I tend to go backward in areas of my life and forwards at the same time. I have been a Christian for ten years now. I feel that some areas of sin in my

Impossible Interpretation of the Parable of the Four Soils

July 24, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, Luke 8:12-13, saving faith, Temporary Faith

“Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while

Jesus Wants You to Think! (Luke 18:18-19)

July 23, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Deity of Christ, Socratic Method, Trinity

Jesus wants people to think. He especially wants them to think more deeply about Who He is. Consider Luke 18:18-19: Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?  So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” An anti-Trinitarian person

Opposition All Around

July 20, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - Mark 3:6, Pharisees and Herodians, Rejecting Christ, Unbelief

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him (Mark 3:6). Mark 3:1-6 is the fifth of five encounters Jesus has with religious leaders. None of these encounters go well. Here, in 3:6, we see the conclusion. The religious leaders, the Pharisees, decide that Jesus must die.