What are the big questions most people are asking? What are they most concerned about? Given my job, I have a biased opinion. Grace Evangelical Society has a razor sharp focus on two issues: the promise of eternal life and assurance of salvation. People who contact GES are very interested in and have many questions

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ” (Eph 4:11-12). What is your pastor’s main job? Paul hints at the answer in Eph

How can you exchange the world’s anxiety for God’s peace? R.B. Thieme, Jr. called it the faith-rest technique (see here), but he invented the name, not the practice itself. The method is simple. In the face of trouble, you put your faith in God. More specifically, you put your faith in a Bible promise or

I always hear people say that Old Testament believers didn’t go straight to Heaven when they died. That they had to wait for Jesus to die on the cross and come and free them to take them to Heaven. Like they were “on hold.” But that leads me to think that regeneration didn’t happen until

The key to having eternal life is to believe in Jesus for it (John 3:16, 36; 5:24; 6:47). The key to having abundant life is to abide in Jesus for it. But how do you abide? Part of the answer is that you must obey. “If you keep My commandment, you will abide in My

A friend sent me a 5-minute video by Dr. Jeremy Pierre, Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. On September 17, 2017 in a show called Honest Answers, Pierre discussed the issue of assurance. You can watch the video by clicking here. Pierre only discusses two options: backslidden Christian or unbeliever. I

What does it mean to be Jesus’ friend? Is every believer a friend to Jesus? Is Jesus’ idea of friendship the same as the modern one? The answers to these questions might surprise you. They might even shock you. We find the answers in something Jesus said to the eleven apostles (Judas had left at

Legend has it that in the Trojan War the Greeks made a giant wooden horse, filled it with some Navy Seals, and rolled it up to the gates of Troy. When the people of Troy took it in, the soldiers came out at night, opened the gates, and the war was won with subterfuge. In

My daughter, Scout, has been the easiest of the three children. She just turned 1 ½ years old. I’ve hardly had to teach her anything. She picks things up easily and makes good decisions for herself. For example, about five months ago, or so, I saw Scout take a forkful of food, bring it to

I received this question via email from SC: Was Jesus capable of sin but it was just easy for him to choose not to? Or was he incapable of sinning altogether because he’s perfect? And do you know why Angels are capable of sinning and falling? Are they not exactly perfect? I’m trying to better