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by anonymous The following is a letter written by a GES member in Ohio to GES Executive Director, Bob Wilkin. We thought you would be encouraged by the letter. I was working for a glass company at an east Toledo plant. There was a Christian man in our department who openly witnessed for the Lord […]
Recently I received a call regarding this passage from Pastor Rick Lawrenson of Nags Head Baptist Church in Nags Head, North Carolina. Rick is preaching through the Sermon on the Mount, (a brave man!) and this passage was giving him trouble: Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of […]
Repentance Versus the Heresies of Curtis Hutson & Jack Hyles: An Open Letter (dated Dec. 12, 1996) to Dr. Shelton Smith, Editor of Sword of the Lord. By Roland Rasmussen. Published in pamphlet form by Faith Baptist Church of Canoga Park, CA. 21 pp. $1.00. Having written my doctoral dissertation on repentance and salvation, I […]
ROBERT N. WILKIN Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society Irving, TX I. Introduction There are many people today who say that assurance of salvation is possible, but that certainty is impossible. Unless one is very familiar with that way of thinking, this argument is puzzling. How can one have assurance and yet not […]
This selection is taken from a book reviewed in this issue, The Gospel: Its Heart, Heights, and Hopes. The paragraph titles, American spelling preferences (honorable, etc.), some punctuation, and one vocabulary updating are the only changes made in the text. ARTHUR T. PIERSON1 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten […]
FRANCES A. MOSHER Pianist Christ Congregation Dallas, Texas NO OTHER PLEA My faith has found a resting place, Not in device nor creed; I trust the Ever-living One, His wounds for me shall plead. Enough for me that Jesus saves, This ends my fear and doubt; A sinful soul, I come to Him, He’ll […]
Lordship—What Does It Mean? By R. Alan Day. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993. 118 pp. Paper, $8.99. The author, Alan Day, is the pastor of a 3,500-member congregation, the First Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. He has also been an instructor in theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. This book is well written, easy to […]
No Condemnation: A New Theology of Assurance. By Michael Eaton. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995. 261 pp. Paper, $16.99. In a postscript to his commentary Ecclesiastes (IVP), Eaton cited Luke’s words in Acts 17:32-34: “Some…sneered…Others said, ‘We want to hear you again,’…A few…believed.” I believe his book will produce the same diverse responses. Many […]
John Caddock Winchester, OR The Never-Ending Review Little did I know when I began to read The Signature of Jesus the time and effort that would be involved in understanding it. I am not a theologian by training. My background is in technical management in electronic component manufacturing. However, I stumbled onto something that I […]
The Gospel: Its Heart, Heights & Hopes Three Books in One. By Arthur T. Pierson. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1978, 1996. 702 pages. Cloth, $29.99. This volume, originally three separate books, is over 100 years old. Originally published in 1892, 1893, and 1896, they are derived from sermons Pierson preached at Charles Spurgeon’s church, the […]
In the 1970s, British philosopher Antony Flew coined the phrase, “No true Scotsman.” This expression stands for a well-known logical fallacy: A proponent of a position attempts to protect that position from...
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr will answer a question about fear of death. It is always normal...
Shane asked me three related questions: I was on a trip and was flipping through radio stations when I came across the interview you did talking...
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