In the November-December issue of Grace in Focus Magazine, we ran the following statement by Bill Fiess: “not a single English translation ever translates pisteuo as trust” (p. 37). I received a correction on that statement from my friend, Bob Swift. He is a terrific Bible scholar and I value his insights. Thus I wish

When you buy a house, you and the seller must agree on the closing date and the move-in date. If you do not have the when, you do not have a contract. There’s also a crucial when in evangelism, namely, “When does a believer gets everlasting life?” Jesus promised one thing. Sadly, many evangelists promise

Over a decade ago I heard a paper at the annual meeting of Bible scholars called the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) on this question. The speaker said that everyone always capitalizes adjectives for the Quran and Talmud. Everyone writes Quranic or Talmudic, not quranic or talmudic. We also routinely capitalize Midrashic, honoring Midrash. We write

Ladies, when a man says he’ll fix something, he will. There’s no need to nag him about it every six months. OK, well, maybe some promises should be met with a healthy dose of skepticism. But what about God’s promises? If God says that as a believer, you have everlasting life, do you believe Him

Charles Stanley’s Handbook for Christian Living is more or less a systematic theology for laypeople. I would not call it Free Grace. And I do not know if it reflects Stanley’s current views. But it is certainly Free Grace friendly. For example, Stanley is remarkably clear that Biblical faith has an object, namely, the promises

Take a good look at the shirt I just bought at a thrift store in St. George, Utah. Nice shirt. I love the Scripture quote on the front. But do you see any errors in the quote? There are many. First, it should say, “Run in such a way…” But it actually says, “Run is

Do you pray without ceasing? Do you have a consistent prayer life? Have you ever grown frustrated at unanswered prayer? I certainly have. In his booklet on Prayer, R. B. Thieme lists eight reasons for why your prayer may not be answered by God (see pp. 12-15): Lack of faith (Phil 4:6). Wrong motives (James

Bill Fiess emailed me a blog from October 23, 2017. The blog is from Logos Bible Software. It is called the LAB, or Logos Academic Blog. Here is what Dr. Matthew Bates said in response to the question, “What makes a good Bible scholar?” I think some of our best biblical scholars…act like crime-scene investigators.

Are you saved through fruit? John Piper thinks so: “In final salvation at the last judgment, faith is confirmed by the sanctifying fruit it has borne, and we are saved through that fruit and that faith. As Paul says in 2 Thessalonians 2:13, ‘God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by