Must we do “the work of the Christian life” to have eternal life_

Beware of Misleading Blogs A reader told me about a May 20, 2018 blog by Justin Steckbauer entitled “How to Have Eternal Life.” The reader said, “After reading it I […]

I Hope I Keep Believing

In his book, His Truth: Scripture Truths About Basic Doctrines, Jack Cottrell, an Arminian theologian, wrote on the subject of assurance. He did not give a name for the view […]

Whatever you believe, you believe. No activation required.

Take a look at this moving email I just received: I have believed I was saved for a long time. But it was not until last year that I finally […]

Continuous assurance depends on continuous faith.

Jack Cottrell is an Arminian theologian. If you want to read a serious Arminian, start with him. Cottrell wrote a summary of his beliefs—a short systematic theology—called His Truth: Scriptural […]

Recently I received two similar responses to a recent blog (which you can read here). In the blog I had said that we must believe that what we get from […]

John Welsey

  I’ve been reading through John Wesley’s journals and diaries for the years 1735-1738. They are fascinating. It’s interesting to read about his travels to America during this time; his […]

Should Assurance Be Part of Our Evangelistic Message_

A Free Grace friend of mine wrote an article last month dealing with the issue of whether assurance is of the essence of saving faith. (The exact title is “Does […]

Receiving Christ as Savior is confusing

  From my In-Box: I have a question for you. Do you think Receiving Christ as Savior is just as powerful as Believing in Him? The reason I say this […]

August 8, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Assurance, Puritans, theology

by Shawn Lazar, originally published in the November/December, 2014 issue of Grace in Focus. The original article may be accessed here. Doubt. For some of us, it is momentary feeling […]

July 1, 2016   in Blog - Assurance, eternal life

By Bob Wilkin, originally published in the Fall 1988 edition of Grace in Focus. “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments” (1 John […]

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