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Lenient Lordship Salvation is the Real “Cheap Grace”

April 20, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Cheap Grace, Lordship Salvation

The Free Grace position is often mischaracterized as “cheap grace.” That’s totally false. To say something is “cheap” implies it costs something, no matter how little. But eternal life does not cost you anything. The only condition to have everlasting life is to simply believe in Jesus for that free gift (cf. John 3:16; Eph

Where Did the Term “Free Grace” Come From?

October 3, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Bonhoeffer, Cheap Grace, Free Grace, Soteriology

We believe in Free Grace Theology—which is distinct from Calvinism, Arminianism, Lutheranism, Thomism, and other –isms. But where did the term “Free Grace” come from? Some people think it’s redundant. I wish it were. Historically, the expression “free grace” was used by both Calvinists and Arminians. For example, John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, preached

A Response to the Cheap Grace Charge

July 24, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Cheap Grace, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, easy believism

I received the following question about a blog post one of our readers saw: I was wondering if GES has a response to this post I recently saw on Facebook: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German pastor, theologian, martyr, spy was asked in 1943 how it was possible for the Church to sit back and let