I recently received the following letter from a reader: Dear Bob, In regard to your article in the Sept. 89 issue, “Evangelism: You Make the Call,” it is one thing to say that Christ alone saves; it is quite another to say that Christ plus does not save. Is not poor theology also forgiven if […]

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Prove yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?–unless you are disqualified. John Calvin taught that one should not look to his works for assurance of salvation. He said we should look to Christ, the object of our faith. However, his […]

By Phil Congdon Many Bible teachers are fond of a saying that goes like this: “You are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.” Doesn’t that sound neat? It states a fundamental truth–that we are saved by faith alone–then turns around and states that while it is faith alone that […]

Dear Bob, We are thoroughly enjoying and benefitting from the GES News. When I am sure of what the gospel is, I find myself much more confident in telling it. Your articles help so much in clearing the confusion. Thank you, Tim and Brenda Wuthrich Whitewater, Kansas   Dear Bob, We are enjoying the information […]

By H.A. Ironside* In a hospital ward a lady missionary found an undersized and undeveloped little Irish boy, whose white, wizened face and emaciated form excited her deepest sympathy. Perhaps of about fifteen years of age, he scarcely looked to be twelve. Winning the lad’s confidence by gifts of flowers and fruit, she soon found […]