January 20, 2021     Assurance, Heb 10:39, Perseverance, Works

In todays episode, Bob and Shawn will be addressing the relationship between works and faith. Do your works prove your salvation? Can we find assurance by our works? The guys […]

December 15, 2020     Doubt, Faith, Trust, Works

Today we continue to answer the listeners’ questions, in a Q/A with Bob and Shawn. The guys will be answering the question about the role of faith and trust. Is […]

September 4, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Assurance, eternal life, gift, lutheran, Works
Is Salvation a Gift or a Bargain_ An Illustration from Steven Hein

I like Steven Hein’s analogy for two ways of presenting salvation. He compares it to the difference between receiving a diamond as a gift vs. purchasing it yourself for a […]

February 28, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - dead, Ephesians, Works
No works to offer.

Everyone knows Eph 2:8-9, that we are saved by grace through faith, apart from works. But do you know why that is? Paul explained why in Eph 2:1-3. The Ephesians […]

September 27, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - basics, four soils, Grace, Mark 4:1-20, Works
Do You Have the Basics Down_

At the end of the Parable of the Four Soils in Mark 4, the disciples asked the Lord to explain the parable to them. He does so, but before explaining […]

Is free grace universalist_

A Grace in Focus reader alerted us to the following bad quote. It comes from an Assemblies of God pastor named David Kowalowski. He wrote it for a website called […]

January 2, 2017 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faith, Works
circumcision

About a week after my son was born, he developed a fever and ended up in the hospital. Zane was weak. He wasn’t eating well. His oxygen was low. It […]

November 29, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faithalone, Free, Soteriology, Works
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by Shawn Lazar Free or Not? One day, a young mother was looking to join a gym. She heard about a wealthy benefactor who founded several gyms and endowed them […]

November 14, 2016   in Blog - Christian Life, Justification, Works
paul-on-works

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from Grace in Eclipse It is quite true that Paul taught justification apart from works. But he did not teach Christian living apart from works. Nor […]

justification-is-by-faith-alone

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from his commentary on Romans The result of the death of Christ on the cross is that God can be righteous and justify the person who […]

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