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Is There a Difference Between Being Related to God and Having a Relationship with Him?

November 22, 2022 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Believe, Church at Laodicea, relationship, Revelation 3, the Gospel of John

In my last blog, I discussed how the word relationship has been replacing the word believe in some evangelistic settings. I argued that this term can cause confusion when applied in this way. In this blog, I would like to explore the benefits and pitfalls of another popular application of the church’s current use of

How Do You Define the Word “Relationship”?

November 18, 2022 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Believe, relationship with God, the Gospel of John

Do you know what the expression spill the tea means? Or what if I told you that something was a cap? Language is always evolving. Each new generation seems to come up with its own special slang and terminology for things. What one generation called groovy, another called cool. What was once a beau is

Can You Choose Not to Believe?

May 28, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - belief, Believe, choice, Faith, the will, willing

Question I’ve gotten a little confused regarding faith not being a choice. Say, for example, someone believes Jesus is the Christ, believes that He gives eternal life to everyone who believes in Him for it, but refuses to believe in Him for it. Wouldn’t that be a choice?  Because that person understands and believes that

Three Words That Summarize the Christian Life: Believe, Abide, Love

May 12, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - abide, Believe, Christian Life, love

Most religions are extremely complicated because their works salvation systems depend on you following intricate laws, rituals, and to-do lists in the hopes of climbing the ladder to heaven. By contrast, Biblical Christianity (and, by implication, Free Grace Theology) is simple. How so? I think you can summarize the Christian’s “duty” with these three words—

Belief: Twelve Theses

July 8, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, Faith, propositional

Question What is the Free Grace definition of belief? Also, what is “intellectual consent,” and is it more than a belief in a historical Jesus? I would like to understand.  Answer There are disagreements in Free Grace (and in Evangelicalism and Christianity) circles over those questions. Here is my answer in the form of twelve

Missing the Boat on Faith

October 12, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, charismatic, Faith, saving faith, Trust

Truth Aflame is a Charismatic and Evangelical systematic theology written by Larry Hart, who is professor of theology at Oral Roberts University. I have the first edition. There is a second available here. I was skimming through what he wrote about faith. Hart starts off well: “It is through faith alone—faith plus nothing—that we are

The Good and the Evil

May 15, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Believe, Daniel, Good, Resurrection

Q. Doesn’t John 5:28-29 show that doing good works is a condition of salvation? How do you understand it? A. Good question. Taken on its own, that can be a puzzling passage. You would think “the good” refers to good deeds, and “the evil” refers to sins. But is that right? There’s a theme

After Just One Drink

October 25, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Believe, Everlasting Life, John 4

by Diane Boring, originally published in the July/August 2013 edition of Grace in Focus Our Ladies’ Bible Study is going through the Gospel of John, and right now we’re in John 4—the encounter that Jesus had with the woman at the well. I’ve come to see that this is one of the greatest passages

What’s Your First Sentence in Evangelism?

September 2, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Believe, Christianity, evangelism

by Bob Wilkin, Originally published in the September/October 2008 edition of Grace in Focus The First Thing You Say Is Vital Journalists are trained to put the heart of their story in the first paragraph. That initial paragraph is called the lead and it is considered vital that it draw the reader in and tell