March 4, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Ephesians, Grace, Mercy
God Likes to Spend His Riches(1)

Tax refund season is coming up. Are you hoping for a nice return from the government? It makes you feel rich, doesn’t it? What will you spend it on? Did […]

February 27, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Forgiveness, Grace, sex offenders
Grace for sex offenders_

Dear Shawn, I read with interest your article on “No More Scarlet Letters.” My question is why authors like you refuse to address, and why churches are slow to forgive, […]

February 21, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - evangelism, false gospels, Grace
Do we make the gospel of grace clear_

I don’t know if it is true or not, but many years ago I was told that the Treasury Department has a specific way of training agents involved in preventing […]

February 8, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, Paul Zahl, sinners
Sin is sinful but grace is greater.

I was listening to a podcast by Paul Zahl entitled “A Disease I Do Not Have the Courage to Name.” The title comes from a now out-of-print book entitled My […]

January 18, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, names
Know them by name.

“So why did you start coming to this church?” the man asked. “When I moved to Denton, I started looking for a church, and I saw this one was ‘country-friendly,’” […]

January 4, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grace, Paul Zahl
What is a gracious listener_

Are you a good listener? Are you a loving listener or a selfish one? When you’re having a conversation, does your flesh show through? I was convicted by this passage […]

December 21, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - antinomianism, Gospel, Grace, law
Are you accused of being against the law_

Years ago, there was a popular country song called “I Loved Her First.” It was about a young woman getting married. The song is from the perspective of the woman’s […]

December 19, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Galatians, Grace, ministry
Is success in ministry about numbers_

Paul’s letter to the Galatians contrasts law-religion and grace-religion. The contrast applies not only to how you are justified before God, but also to how you live the Christian life. […]

October 31, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - good works, Grace, one-way love
Why do you do good works_(1)

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 […]

October 26, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Galatians, Grace, Law & Gospel
Are your relationships based on Law or based on Grace_

It is a universal fact of human nature that we all want to love and be loved. We all want to belong. But how will we do it? By law […]

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