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Did Zane Hodges Believe That Saving Faith Is Intellectual Assent?

July 11, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Faith, Lordship Salvation, saving faith, Wayne Grudem, Zane Hodges

As I mentioned in an earlier blog (see here), Dave Anderson argues in the book A Defense of Free Grace Theology that Wayne Grudem’s view of saving faith is essentially that of nearly all Free Grace advocates. Anderson even goes so far as to suggest that Zane Hodges agreed with Grudem’s view. Zane Hodges was

Might a Fuzzy View of Faith Lead to a Lack of Assurance?

July 9, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Faith, Lordship Salvation, saving faith, Wayne Grudem

Yesterday I received an email from a Free Grace Pastor who likes our writings. He indicated that he was concerned about some things he read in the book A Defense of Free Grace Theology, edited by Dr. Fred Chay, with contributions by Ken Wilson, Paul Tanner, Dave Anderson, Jody Dillow, and Chay. Here is what

The Toboggan-Rider, the To-Canada-Flyer, and the Snow-Vacationer

June 27, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - believing, Faith, saving faith

For the last year, I’ve been promising to take my kids to Canada. They want to see the snow. They saw some snow once—two years ago. A light sprinkling that quickly melted. But they want to see the real thing—the kind I grew up with. Two, three, four feet of it. Snow drifts so high

Calvinism Has a Box of Mystery Verses

June 26, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Calvinism, Eternal Security, Perseverance, saving faith

I’m sitting on the plane awaiting takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth to Orlando, FL for our June 8-9 regional conference on the theme “Is Calvinism Biblical?” I pull out my conference schedule and look it over. Then I begin to go over the message I was giving that night. Then something unusual happens. It has become

A List of Over 100 Passages Teaching Everlasting Life by Faith Alone

June 20, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Chafer, faith alone, Justification, regeneration, saving faith

In a recent blog I indicated that there are over 100 passages in the Bible which say that the one and only condition of everlasting life is believing in Jesus. That led to an email from one of our blog readers: I love your statement of “There are over 100 passages in the Bible which

How Can We Activate Saving Faith?

June 12, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, evangelism, Faith, saving faith

Take a look at this moving email I just received: I have believed I was saved for a long time. But it was not until last year that I finally heard a proper presentation of the gospel of free grace. The evangelical world is crazy mixed up out there. I was brought to a Reformed

Is Everlasting Life the Result of Faith in Christ? Or Is It the Content of Faith in Christ?

May 30, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, evangelism, Everlasting Life, saving faith

Recently I received two similar responses to a recent blog (which you can read here). In the blog I had said that we must believe that what we get from the Lord by believing in Him is irrevocable, whether we call that everlasting life, salvation, justification, forgiveness, or new life. Those two responses I received

Believing Moses, and the New Moses, Because of Signs

May 25, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Salvation, saving faith, Signs, The New Moses

Many have suggested that Moses was a type of Christ. That is, as he delivered Israel from bondage in Egypt, so the Lord Jesus will deliver Israel from bondage to Gentile domination. Of course, Jesus’ deliverance is both physical and spiritual. He will not only bring the kingdom for Israel, He gives everlasting life right

Salvation Is Final the Moment You Believe

May 10, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, Final Salvation, Salvation, saving faith

On September 25, 2017 Dr. John Piper published a blog at the DesiringGod.org website. It was entitled, “Does God Really Save Us by Faith Alone?” His answer was No! In part Piper writes: These works of faith, and this obedience of faith, these fruits of the Spirit that come by faith, are necessary for

If We Must Believe What We Get Is Irrevocable, Then What about the Pentecostals and Methodists?

May 4, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, evangelism, Irrevocable, saving faith

One of the readers of my recent blog “Are Assurance Verses in John Directed to Believers or Unbelievers?” (which you can see here), left the following comment: Hi Bob, I just finished reading the above and I’m afraid I may be misunderstanding you. Are you saying that the only saved people are those who believe