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How Can Faith Not Produce Good Works?

August 12, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faith, good works, will

I was recently asked, “I am a little confused as to the relationship between faith and works in the Free Grace understanding. My own understanding is that faith naturally has a corresponding action. It’s not that the action proves or adds anything to salvation, but that grace-born trust in Jesus could not fail to be accompanied

Good Works by Non-Church Goers

May 15, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:58, good works, Hebrews 10:23-25

In a recent blog I suggested that Eph 2:10 is about local churches doing good works and thus about believers doing good works in and through their churches. I then got this question, “Perhaps I’m reading too much into your comments about doing good works through the local church, but do you think believers who

Created for Good Works (Ephesians 2:10)

May 9, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Ephesians 2:10, good works, Perseverance

There is a great effort by many to soften the meaning of Eph 2:8-9 by suggesting that verse 10 means that while works are not the means of salvation, they are the necessary result of it. For example, Francis Foulkes writes, “But probably it is the whole course of life that is on view here. The nature and character of the works and

Saving Faith Should Result in a Lifetime Overflowing with Good Works

January 30, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - good works, Perseverance, saving faith

The following comments and question were in response to my recent blog (see here) about the saying, “Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is never alone.” This is in response to the article on your website responding to Dr. Grudem’s critique of the Free Grace message. I would appreciate thoughtful answers because I am genuinely trying

Sex and Salvation

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

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 you explain it to your congregation, friend, or family member who is struggling with the grace message. It’s a little risqué, but I think it gets the point

Why Do Good If Salvation Is Not By Works?

October 31, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - good works, Grace, one-way love

If you preach grace—that God saves you through simple faith in Jesus for eternal life, apart from your works (cf. Gal 2:16)—then why do good? What’s the point of all the love commands in the NT (e.g., “serve one another in love,” Gal 5:13), if your eternal destiny in heaven or hell is not on