January 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evangelism, good works
Are You Committing

As the saying goes, “Now that I’ve got your attention…” I came up with an illustration about the role of good works in the Christian life. Maybe it will help […]

December 5, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evangelism
What’s the normal way to evangelize_

Have you ever felt guilty for not evangelizing? Has evangelism ever been presented to you as a command that is impossible to fulfill? Here’s an example of the kind of […]

November 16, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - evangelism, gentleness, Thessalonians
Try gentle evangelism.

I know a man who used to be a pastor, but over time he became bitter towards God and left the faith. I find it difficult to talk to him. […]

“We Go to Heaven by Obeying the Ten Commandments”(1)

Don Matzat, a Lutheran pastor of fifty years, tells the following story of teaching a new church the doctrine of justification by faith apart from works: In one parish I […]

Many Ultra Dispensationalists

I was taught Dispensationalism at Dallas Theological Seminary (1978-85). That is the view that there is a distinction between Israel and the Church, that the Church began in Acts 2, […]

Who is meant by _His Disciples_ in Matthew 19_25_

I receive many questions. Most are very good. Most I’ve heard before. But at least once or twice a week I get a question I’ve never heard that is a […]

Is the Concept of Repentance in John’s Gospel_

Recently one of the readers of our blog asked me to respond to a Spring 2013 Journal article from The Master’s Seminary Journal. The article was by Dr. David Croteau […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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