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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

“A Single Act of Faith”?

April 13, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faith, saving faith

Q. In your blog on Five Differences Between Perseverance of the Saints and Eternal Security, you said that salvation takes a “single act of faith.” Can you address“single act of faith”? I am trying to help people understand that faith is not a decision, and I am probably too pedantic about how we are describing

Questions Regarding Assurance of Salvation, Part 1

October 11, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:13, Assurance of Salvation, John 20:31, saving faith

I received the following email from a Free Grace friend I haven’t seen in maybe twenty years. My friend asks some tough questions, so hang with me. I hope I can answer his questions clearly. It’s been a while since we’ve been in touch, but I’d like to interact with you on the concept of

The King James Study Bible on James 2:14-17 and Saving Faith

October 10, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - dead faith, King James Study Bible, living faith, saving faith

In November 1995, my mom presented me with a King James Study Bible. I had come to faith only a few months before, around June. I found the Bible in storage and was leafing through it, in preparation for writing the first draft of a Free Grace Study Bible. The contributing editors include, among others,

Are You Saved by Reciting the Apostles’ Creed?

September 20, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Apostles Creed, belief, intellectual assent, saving faith

Question Is there a difference between intellectual assent and saving faith? Take, for example, the very many churches each Sunday which have the entire congregation recite the Apostle’s Creed. What percentage of those persons who recite orally the Apostles Creed are saved? Is reciting the Creed orally or silently a guarantee that one has saving

A Former Calvinist Says Saving Faith Is Commitment and Obedience

September 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - faith and obedience, salvation and obedience, saving faith, Steve Ray

Someone sent me an email about a former Reformed Baptist, Steve Ray, who is now a Catholic apologist. He sent me a 27-minute message Ray gave entitled, “By Faith Alone.” You can see it here. See especially his discussion from 16:30 to 24:00. He described saving faith as being like a hot dog. It isn’t

Assurance and Faith

August 2, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, assurance is of the essence of saving faith, Faith, saving faith

Beware of what you say. You may contradict yourself. Or, you might contradict your mentor. Here is a great question from a reader/listener: At the beginning of the July 4th episode of Grace in Focus Radio on Discussions on Christianity for the Emotionally Damaged, Bob stated that assurance is another name for faith or belief.

The Nature of Saving Faith

May 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assensus, saving faith, Understanding

Recently I wrote a blog in which I said that before faith in Christ can occur, a person must understand the promise of everlasting life which the Lord Jesus makes to the believer. This led to an interesting question from a reader: “Where does it say in the Bible that understanding is a condition for

Faith Is Futile If Jesus Did Not Rise from the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:17)

May 3, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:17, Easter, Faith, Resurrection, saving faith

“And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!” Alternative history novels explore what life would be like today if a major event in human history turned out differently. For example, Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory explores what the United States would have been like if the South had

Fire Insurance Evangelism

April 11, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Fire insurance evangelism, John 3:16, saving faith

Many object to the practice of some evangelists who say that if you believe in Jesus, then you will be saved from eternal condemnation. They say that is just fire insurance. John Piper has a November 8, 2017, post entitled, “Jesus Isn’t Your Insurance Policy” (see here). He writes, What is this [saving] faith?…It is