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A week ago (March 20) I received this excellent email question: I am re-reading The Ten Most Understood Words in the Bible. I am having a problem reconciling a statement you make in the book with the stance you have on grace alone for everlasting life. On page 22 you state, “If people have never […]
A Grace in Focus reader alerted us to the following bad quote. It comes from an Assemblies of God pastor named David Kowalowski. He wrote it for a website called www.apologeticsindex.org. As a Pentecostal, his main concern seems to be the hyper-grace movement. But along the way, he says this about Free Grace Theology: “Though […]
In a recent blog about the broken-record approach to evangelism, I said that “the truth of God’s Word will win out to anyone who is open.” I then received the following question via email, “Now, to be open doesn’t one have to be first given the gift of faith? What about 1 Cor 2:14, […]
I received the question that is the title of this article from a blog reader. He indicated he leans toward Open Theism. After I responded to that, he asked, “Where is omniscience taught in the Bible?” Good question. While the term omniscience is not found in the Bible, the concept is found in many […]
Someone asked whether we should practice altar calls. It’s a question I’ve asked myself, especially since starting to pastor a new Baptist church plant. Do I continue the tradition of doing altar calls? I am inclined against it. Asking people to come up front for prayer, or to join the church, is a good thing. […]
I recently received this email question: How do you interpret Matthew 7:21? This has always been a stumbling block for me. If I had a nickel for every time I’d been asked about Matt 7:21-23, I’d have a lot of nickels. The will of the Father is to believe in His Son. That should be […]
At first glance, Ruth seems to be a very personal story about a struggling widow and her daughter-in-law trying to survive in the world. It’s a relatable story, about real people, facing real trials, who go through a tragedy. We all know a story like that. You read about them in the papers. See them […]
A friend who is near ninety called me the other day to talk about Simon the magician in Acts 8. My friend said, “He was really born again, wasn’t he? After all, Luke says that ‘Simon himself also believed…and was baptized.’ (Acts 8:13). But, some of the people at my church are saying that Simon […]
Who’s in charge? When the world is falling apart, who’s in charge? When the government is hopelessly corrupt, the religious leaders are little more than hypocrites, and the kids are running wild, who’s in charge? Who’s in charge when tragedy strikes? When a child dies? When you lose everything you own to the loan sharks? […]
I recently responded to a question about whether the broken record approach can be turned against us. The questioner asked if a person we were witnessing to might just keep quoting James 2:24, or a similar verse. Then you’d have dueling broken records! As I said in that blog, the people who you talk with […]
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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