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Last year in Grace in Focus magazine, Marcia Hornok wrote an article about believers in Scripture who lived messy lives. You can read her article here (pp. 35-36). In her conclusion she said, “Anyone who thinks true believers persevere in following God cannot prove it with Biblical examples.” I received an email from a reader […]
I don’t know if it is true or not, but many years ago I was told that the Treasury Department has a specific way of training agents involved in preventing counterfeit money. They do not train them by showing them different examples of illegal currency. Instead, they spend thousands of hours studying what authentic money […]
Central Seminary, MacDonald Lectures 2019 Pastor Bill Lee (Trego, WI) told me about a conference being held at Central Seminary (officially Central Baptist Theological Seminary) in Minneapolis, MN. They were having a conference on “Issues in Sanctification.” One of the messages was entitled, “The Free Grace Movement and Sanctification.” The speaker, Dr. Jon Pratt, Professor […]
While trying to clear out my Inbox, I found an email question that needs an answer: Many in my church think repentance of sin is a required part of being born again. How would you explain the words of Jesus after the resurrection in Luke 24:45-47? “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the […]
This great question got buried in my Inbox: “Hey GES! I was wondering, in John 14:12, it seems that Christ is saying that work is a direct result of faith. I’m not concerned with the “greater works” part, just the fact that it looks like He’s saying “he who believes WILL do” instead of “should […]
“On a scale of 1 to 10, how’s your pain?” Often, my kids will come and say they have a headache or a tummy ache, or their throat is sore, or they hurt their knee. I can’t feel their pain, but I can sympathize and guess what it feels like based on my own experiences. […]
Shawn was talking with a friend who takes online seminary classes. The man told Shawn he was a bit reluctant to raise Free Grace issues in his papers for class because the professor gives no indication that he is at all open to Free Grace Theology. Shawn’s friend told him that the professor is also […]
We tack silly cartoons to our office wall. Here’s a recent one we enjoyed: Poor pig. The cartoon is referring to the episode in Mark 5:1-20 in which Jesus visited the land of the Gerasenes and met a man who was demon possessed. Long story short, Jesus cast out the demons who then entered a […]
A reader told me about a January 7 Insight for Living broadcast in which Chuck Swindoll talks about the time when Moses lifted up the bronze serpent, and those who looked on it were healed of the plague (Numbers 21). I just listened to the section in question, and it is fantastic. You can hear […]
Over the last few blogs, I have been discussing each of the crowns mentioned in the NT. The reason I have done so is that...
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out (John 6:37). The...
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