October 19, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
There are as many different ways of God drawing people to Christ, as there are people.

People often confuse the one condition of being born again with the many conditions of being a disciple of Jesus. In Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, C. I. Scofield explained it as the difference between “Salvation and Rewards” (chapter 9). In Grace, Salvation, and Discipleship, Charles Bing explains it as A Truth and B […]

To ‘quench God’s wrath’ would therefore be the same thing as quenching God’s righteousness.

Did the cross bring an end to the wrath of God? How can God still be angry at sin? After the cross, aren’t we in the clear? Why would believers experience the wrath of God? There is a movement in Charismatic circles known as Hyper-Grace that has many similarities to Free Grace Theology. They believe […]

October 17, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
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Bo Giertz was a Swedish Lutheran theologian, bishop, and author of my favorite Christian novel, The Hammer of God. He was known as a someone who fought for orthodox Christian faith against a tide of liberalism in his country. In this quote, Giertz reflects upon the need for the pastor to preach the eternal Word […]

October 16, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Don’t repudiate God’s love or loving warnings. When your conscience stings, come to your senses and return to God.

Judas was one of the world’s worst sinners. He committed the world’s worst betrayal: he arranged for Jesus’s murder. If you want to know how God treats sinners, look at Judas. We catch a glimpse of it in John 13:1-30. God loves sinners. “He loved them to the end” (v 1). Even Judas. God loves […]

October 12, 2017 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
A carnal Christian is not a Christian who is out of fellowship with God. A carnal Christian is a baby Christian.

I just got a book called No Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came from, What It Is, and Why It’s Harmful. It is by Andrew David Naselli. My review will appear in the next issue of our journal. In this blog, I just want to focus on one of Naselli’s main concerns. He believes […]

October 11, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
When you try to use works for salvation, you’ll hurt yourself, even die eternally! Works have a purpose, but trying to save yourself through them isn’t it.

False teachers emphasize good works. Let me repeat that. False teachers emphasize good works. Listen to Paul: No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds (2 Cor 11:14-15). […]

October 9, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
Eternal Life

Michael L. Brown is the Charismatic and Arminian version of John MacArthur (the two have actually clashed on the issue of sign gifts). Brown is known as a conservative Christian voice in print and on the radio, and a defender of things like the Biblical sexual ethics. There is much to commend him on a […]

October 6, 2017 by Zane Hodges in Blog
When the Gospel is so presented that the necessity for ongoing good works is stressed, it becomes a gospel that can no longer offer true assurance of eternal life.

When the Gospel is so presented that the necessity for ongoing good works is stressed, it becomes a gospel that can no longer offer true assurance of eternal life. The individual who professes faith in Christ cannot possess, at the moment of faith, a certainty about his eternal destiny. Under some forms of theology, he […]

October 3, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog
I’m glad that there are other people thinking that the saving message has been lost in popular Christianity, and assurance with it.

R.T. Kendall is known in Free Grace circles as an FG friendly writer. He wrote two books that have been useful in FG circles: Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649 where he argued that Calvin taught that assurance was the essence of saving faith; and Once Saved Always Saved, defending eternal security. In a recent […]

October 2, 2017   in Blog
Slavery to Sin

Paul now develops the only solution available for the Christian to stymie the effects of sin and live victoriously. He begins by stating that there is therefore now no condemnation [katakrima] to those who are in Christ Jesus who walk rightly. Most interpret no condemnation to refer to deliverance from eternal judgment. But as we […]

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