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Mostrar graça é irresponsável?

February 8, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Grace, Lot, prodigal son, Zahl

A história de Ló me lembra a história do filho pródigo. Você se lembrará que Ló era sobrinho de Abraão e seguiu seu tio até a Terra Prometida. Ambos os homens ficaram ricos, tanto que a terra não podia sustentar os dois rebanhos, e seus respectivos vaqueiros estavam se metendo em brigas. Algo tinha que

Do You Obsess Over Your Guilt?

February 8, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, guilt

“Guilt is universal,” wrote Paul Tournier, a Christian psychiatrist (Tournier, Guilt and Grace, p. 152). And according to him, you can do one of two things with that guilt: you can either repress it or recognize it. Repressing your guilt “leads to anger, rebellion, fear and anxiety, a deadening of conscience, an increasing inability to

Is Showing Grace Irresponsible?

January 13, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, Lot, prodigal son, Zahl

The story of Lot reminds me of the story of the prodigal son. You’ll remember that Lot was Abraham’s nephew and had followed his uncle to the Promised Land. Both men grew rich, so much so that the land could not support both their herds, and their respective cowboys were getting into fights. Something had

Uma Alta Doutrina da Graça

December 2, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Graça sem limites - Antinomianismo, Grace, Michael Eaton

Adoro ser acusado de dar às pessoas licença para pecar. Verdade, isso é um sério mal-entendido da minha posição. No entanto, é um mal-entendido que surge quando alguém percebe o que estou dizendo sobre a liberdade da vida eterna. Eles não cometem esse erro sobre outras religiões! Todas as outras religiões do mundo, e a

A High Doctrine of Grace

October 18, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - antinomianism, Grace, Michael Eaton

I love being accused of giving people a license to sin. True, that’s a serious misunderstanding of my position. However, it’s a misunderstanding that arises when someone realizes what I’m saying about the freeness of eternal life. They don’t make that mistake about other religions! Every other religion in the world, and most of the

Paul Rejected Salvation by Non-Meritorious Works

October 6, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, non-meritorious works, Works

Some works-salvation teachers will try to soften—or obscure!—their message by saying that doing good works is necessary for salvation, but those works are not meritorious. In their view, requiring works for salvation becomes a problem only if you think you can earn your way into heaven. Is that a possible Biblical position? Consider what Paul

Grace Teachers Should Not Deny the Reality of Wrath (Romans 1:18)

March 29, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, Romans, wrath

I notice that God’s grace is being emphasized more and more by a broad spectrum of Christians—from Anglicans to Word of Faith charismatics. But I also notice the message of grace can get distorted by ignoring or even denying all references to God’s anger, wrath, judgment, chastisement, and discipline. That position is known as hyper-grace

Think Twice Before You Start Arguing

March 19, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - arguing, Grace, witnessing

Time is precious. You only have so much time to serve the Lord Jesus. As you follow Him, your hardest choices will not be between obedience or disobedience but between worthwhile and worthless service. Not every attempted act of service has the same value and some have no value at all! (cf. 1 Cor 3:11-15).

Saved by Grace, Devoted to Good Works (Titus 3:1-8)

January 28, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Discipleship, good works, Grace, Titus

If the new birth depends on believing, not working, then where do good works fit into the Christian life? I think Paul’s letter to Titus summarizes the “grace” attitude to good works. Consider this passage: Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak

George Fox on Grace Before Godliness

January 11, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - George Fox, Grace, Quaker, Roman Catholic

George Fox was the organizer, if not the founder, of Quakerism, officially known as The Society of Friends. He traveled throughout Britain and the Caribbean, taking his message to whomever would listen and organizing the bands of followers who left the day’s official churches to worship more simply. Fox’s Journal is very interesting, if for