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Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

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Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? By Rick Warren. Grand Rapids : Zondervan Publishing House, 2002. 334 pp. $19.99. This is both a popular and powerful book. Its influence has spread rapidly throughout Christianity and the book and related materials are popping up in churches. Warren’s purpose is to give Christians purpose—that

Lordship Salvation and the Gospel of the Grace of God

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Lordship Salvation and the Gospel of the Grace of God. By Joel Finck. Rapid City , SD : Grace Bible Church , 1998. 83 pp. Paper. No price. The Free Grace movement is housed under a pretty big tent. Finck represents Free Grace believers, who are sometimes referred to as Ultra-Dispensationalists. (Finck actually calls himself

Is Perseverance Required for Holy Presentation? – Colossians 1:21-23

January 1, 2004 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Colossians 1:21-23 is often used by Arminians to say that believers must continue in the faith in order to keep eternal life. And this same passage is used by Calvinists to say that believers must persevere in the faith in order to prove that they had eternal life in the first place. In other words,

Discipleship: The Secret of a Good Defense

January 1, 2004 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

by Michael Makidon Cruising at subsonic speed, the Nighthawk, better known as the stealth fighter, is one of the most elusive fighting machines on earth. With the use of radar absorbent materials and the optimization of its surface and edge profiles to reflect radar, it is nearly impossible to detect. On radar, the stealth more

A Personal Letter

January 1, 2004 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

Dear Grace Partners, The year 2004 marks Grace Evangelical Society’s 18th year of ministry. GES began as a dream to reach people with the clear message of eternal life through faith alone in Christ alone. Our primary mode of communicating this message has been our newsletter which at first reached only 30 households. However, because

Believers: Those Who’ve Done Good? – John 5:28-29

November 1, 2003 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

28Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. In the verses above, those who will experience the resurrection

Professing To Know God? – Titus 1:13-16

November 1, 2003 by GES Webmaster in Grace in Focus Articles

by Mike Bauer1 Titus 1:13-16 is often used to support the doctrine that good works are essential for assurance of salvation. After all, Paul speaks of those who profess to know God, yet who deny Him by their works. Yet, there is another understanding of this passage that should be considered. There are a number