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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

November 24, 2020

What Level of Association or Fellowship Should “Free Grace” People Share with “Lordship” People Within a Denomination?

Biblical separation, Lordship Salvation

What are some of the differences between Free Grace Theology and Lordship Salvation? Do these differences mean that pastors from each of these beliefs should not come together in fellowship? Bob and Shawn advise a listener on how to approach this difficult subject.

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November 9, 2020

The Free-Grace Position and Lordship Salvation

Genesis 3:15, Lordship Salvation, Trust

In today’s Q&A episode of Grace in Focus Radio, Bob and Shawn answer a listener’s 5 questions about the Free Grace position versus the Lordship Salvation position. Be cautious about whose teaching you’re listening to; it may bring confusion.

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God Allows Confusion to Exist Regarding the Saving Message

July 9, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance of Salvation, Interpretation, Lordship Salvation

A friend, Paul, wondered at a comment I made that I use commentaries by people who hold to Lordship Salvation: I was reading your most recent blog Recommended Bible Study Tools, and at the conclusion of listing several lexicons, concordances, Bible dictionaries and commentaries, you indicated that many of these resources do not come from

Salvation by a Dead, Spoken-Only Faith

May 12, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - dead faith, James 2:14-26, Lordship Salvation, Repentance and Salvation, saving faith, works salvation

Last week I was contacted by a student from Israel College of the Bible who wanted to ask me some questions on Skype. We had that meeting at 11AM today, which was 7PM in Israel. During the course of our conversation, my new friend mentioned a 2015 video podcast by Dr. James White, entitled “Bob

SBC President Says Once Saved, Always Saved—IF

February 13, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Always Saved, Eternal Security, Lordship Salvation, Once Saved, Perseverance of the Saints, Romans 11:17-21

J.D. Greear is the Pastor of the Summit Church in Durham, NC, and is the 62nd President of the Southern Baptist Convention. A few days ago, on Jan 29, 2020, he wrote a blog entitled “Beware of Complacency of ‘Once Saved, Always Saved.’” You can read his blog by clicking here. (See here for a

Lordship Salvation Is Poor Comfort for a Dying Relative

November 14, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Death, hospice, Lordship Salvation

This past Sunday, our minivan wouldn’t start, so the kids and I walked to a local church, about a mile away. They protested, feeling it was an exceedingly far distance to travel—“Why is this taking so long? Is this Canada?” Once we got settled in, I found the preacher was teaching through Job. Unfortunately, having

Why Don’t Lordship Salvationists Who Pray for Guidance Find the Truth?

September 27, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Heb 11:6, John 5:39-40, Lordship Salvation, openness, seekers, teachability

Last week I wrote a blog on the role of prayer in Bible interpretation (see here). I quoted three women who said in various ways that we should ask God to open our eyes to His Word. Yet at least two of the three, or more likely, all three, hold to Lordship Salvation. So far

How Wrong Interpretation Can Destroy Assurance

June 12, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, James 2:14-26, legalism, Lordship Salvation

I thought this was a good question about James 2: Have you seen any articles/books expand on the fact that the traditional interpretation of James 2:14-26 (saving faith has works, and non-saving faith doesn’t have works) leads to legalism and lack of assurance of salvation? Recently I read a Free Grace book (can’t remember which

The Feel-Good Gospel

April 8, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Feel-good gospel, Free Grace Theology, John MacArthur, Lordship Salvation, The Gospel According to Jesus

The following is adapted from one section of Chapter 1 of my book A Gospel of Doubt, a response to Dr. John MacArthur’s book The Gospel According to Jesus. The first chapter of the third edition of John MacArthur’s The Gospel According to Jesus is entitled, “Follow Me.” It is a new chapter which was