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Confusion Abounds About How to Have Eternal Life

June 22, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Arminianism, Assurance, eternal life, evangelism

Beware of Misleading Blogs A reader told me about a May 20, 2018 blog by Justin Steckbauer entitled “How to Have Eternal Life.” The reader said, “After reading it I felt truly sorry for him.” I just read the blog. You can see it here. I too feel sorry for Steckbauer and for all the

Book Sales

June 21, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog

Sometimes people have unrealistic expectations about book sales. Thanks to innovations in publishing technology, the number of self-published books has exploded. But sales have stagnated. The average non-fiction book sells 250 copies a year, and 2000 copies in a lifetime. That’s it. 2000 copies. Someone like Tony Evans or Andy Stanley will sell many more

A List of Over 100 Passages Teaching Everlasting Life by Faith Alone

June 20, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Chafer, faith alone, Justification, regeneration, saving faith

In a recent blog I indicated that there are over 100 passages in the Bible which say that the one and only condition of everlasting life is believing in Jesus. That led to an email from one of our blog readers: I love your statement of “There are over 100 passages in the Bible which

At Peace in the Furnace

June 19, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrinal emotive behavior therapy, doctrine, peace

What is the cause of your anger, anxiety, worry, and frustration? If you’re like me, you often externalize the blame. You point to something external to your feelings—such as other people, or adverse circumstances—as the cause of your emotional trouble and bad behavior. Just get rid of the adversity and the mental stability will follow,

Do Judgment Seat of Christ Rewards Last Forever or Just 1,000 years?

June 18, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eschatology, Eternal Rewards, Millennium, Overcomers, rewards

In a recent blog I suggested that missed rewards would be missed forever. One person strongly disagreed and commented in response that “rewards are for time, 1000 years, not eternity.” Someone else responded to that comment with this question: “Where does the Bible tell us that rewards are just for a short time? It is

The Moving Option

June 15, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bible study, Free Grace church

I get weekly phone calls and emails from people seriously hungry for a Free Grace church. They don’t have one in their area, and they suffer for it. Bob and I usually encourage people to begin a Bible study at home and grow from there. But that is hard to do. Or we tell them

Negative Consequences at the Bema?

June 14, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bema, Eternal Rewards, Judgment, Judgment Seat of Christ

I received the following email: I understand the deadly consequences of unrepentant sin in this life. But I don’t get the idea of negative consequences at the Judgment Seat of Christ. What deadly consequences would there be? In 1 Cor 3:10-15 it sounds like any wood, hay, or stubble works will simply be burned up.

Cottrell’s Continuing Assurance

June 13, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminianism, Assurance, continuing faith, Jack Cottrell

In his book, His Truth: Scripture Truths About Basic Doctrines, Jack Cottrell, an Arminian theologian, wrote on the subject of assurance. He did not give a name for the view he defended. I think it would be appropriate to call it the “I hope I keep believing” view. On Cottrell’s view, salvation is by faith

How Can We Activate Saving Faith?

June 12, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, evangelism, Faith, saving faith

Take a look at this moving email I just received: I have believed I was saved for a long time. But it was not until last year that I finally heard a proper presentation of the gospel of free grace. The evangelical world is crazy mixed up out there. I was brought to a Reformed

Jack Cottrell Hopes He Will Keep Believing

June 11, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Arminian, Arminianism, Assurance, Continuous faith, Cottrell

Jack Cottrell is an Arminian theologian. If you want to read a serious Arminian, start with him. Cottrell wrote a summary of his beliefs—a short systematic theology—called His Truth: Scriptural Truths About Basic Doctrines. The last chapter is on assurance. At the beginning of the chapter, he identified two prominent errors regarding assurance. The first