September 1, 2002   in Book Reviews

Totally Saved: Understanding, Experiencing and Enjoying the Greatness of Your Salvation. By Tony Evans. Chicago: Moody Press, 2002. 384 pp. Cloth. $19.99. Totally Saved serves as a catalog of Dr. Evans’s belief on salvation and its related subjects. We are not just saved from “the lake of fire and eternal darkness” but we are also […]

July 1, 2002   in Grace in Focus Articles

by Keith Krell What if you discovered that how you live your life has significance for all eternity? I am convinced that this is true, and this understanding has radically altered the way I live each day. At a young age, I believed the truth that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins. […]

Recently a GIF reader asked whether Luke 16:30 teaches that repentance is a condition of receiving eternal life. In Luke 16:30 there was a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. They both died. The rich man went to the portion of Hades apportioned for those who are eternally condemned. At some point he looked […]

July 1, 2002   in Grace in Focus Articles

By Doros Zachariades In his book The Miracles of our Lord, Dr. Charles Ryrie makes this important observation about the healings and miracles that Jesus performed: The main purpose of the miracles was to teach, to reveal…[but] the miracles also remind us of the consequences of sin—sickness, blindness, death—and of the power of the Lord […]

July 1, 2002   in Grace in Focus Articles

This article formerly appeared as GraceNote 15 in the Spring 2002 issue of the GraceLife Newsletter. by Charlie Bing Many find Hebrews a difficult book to interpret. Perhaps the greatest difficulty is in interpreting the five warning passages (2:1-4; 3:7–4:13; 6:1-8; 10:26-39; 12:25-29). Many commentators treat these as warnings to those unbelievers among the readers. […]

In the first part of this article (Jan/Feb 2002 Grace in Focus), we considered what forgiveness is. We saw that forgiveness is graciously letting go of an offense. It is a vital fellowship issue. In the concluding portion of this article, we will consider what forgiveness is not. Not the Removal of Consequences The Corinthian […]

May 1, 2002   in Grace in Focus Articles

The most God-honoring and lasting act of kindness one person can do for another is to attempt to lead that person to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. When we share the gospel, we are engaging in spiritual warfare. Satan tries to “blind the mind” of the unbeliever; he snatches away “misunderstood” truths (Matt 13:19), […]

April 1, 2002   in Grace in Focus Articles

by Scott Paige I grew up in a family that thought the only way to get to heaven was to be good; if you were bad you went straight to hell. I was a very rebellious child and teenager and so religion was used to try to keep me in line. When I did something […]

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