Do Christians Sin Every Day? "I sin every day." This common statement is often attached to the prevailing claim that all sins are...

Those who argue that faith is purely a gift of God contend that a dead man has no power to exert his will. If he did, he would be...

Have you noticed these days how faith--the very means of our salvation, upon which Luther's Protestant Reformation was built--is often casually dropped from the process of salvation? The omission, we find, is intentional. It is also contradictory. Those who preach that we are saved by grace alone and who leave out "through faith” seem afraid we will discover that there is, after all, a condition of salvation. If there is a condition to salvation, then free will is invo

Is faith a work? Of course not, most self-respecting, healthy people will answer. Why would you ask that? Thank you. I agree. Is faith a gift? Well, now, that's a tough one. I always thought faith was the single proof of righteousness, my required response to grace, so I guess not. But then, again, didn't the disciples ask the Lord to increase their faith? And didn't the father of a suffering boy ask the Lord to help his unbelief? Now you've got me all confused. I

Introduction: Too often we hear preachers today thunder out the message--that is, if they preach with authority at all--that salvation is by grace alone , misquoting Ephesians 2:8-9 with no qualms. But I always want to shout back, "What have you done with 'through faith ?'" Yes, what have they done with it? And, even when they do include "through faith," what have they done with faith ? Like so many things these days, salvation, grace , and faith don't mean what the

The Spirit of our Age We live in a day of lawlessness that has been allowed to redefine true salvation. The spirit of the age has infected the gospel with antinomianism, cleverly disguising it as “grace.” It has also mislabeled obedience as "legalism," going even so far as to call faith and repentance "works." But obedience has no more to do with legalism than antinomianism has to do with grace. In order to return to a biblical view of salvation, we must expose the fals

Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle Introduction The most disheartening thing about trying to have a constructive conversation these days is that almost nobody knows how to do it. We think we do, but we don't. We are in such terrible shape socially, intellectually, and spiritually that we argue even about what effective communication should look like. Those who mistake "free speech" for free thought compound the problem. Yes, you are free to scream me down, but that doesn't

Introduction: As this highly acclaimed film series created by Dallas Jenkins continues to gain popularity around the globe, it also continues to garner serious controversy. We can ignore this controversy and give The Chosen's producer the benefit of the doubt, or we can test all things as Scripture commands us to do and wonder whether statements like this one--that "Dallas Jenkins has become the face of Jesus for millions of viewers worldwide"--pose a serious threat to

Introduction We are commanded in Scripture to test all things, whether they are true and whether they are right. In matters of eternal consequence, we assume nothing. We have examined in a previous post Dallas Jenkins’ professed purposes for creating The Chosen , the show’s enormous profits and popularity, and Jenkins’ personae of a Jesus and His “chosen” admittedly different than those of the Scriptures. In our examination, we have not only raised several red flags; we h

Introduction This popular television series depicting the life of Jesus from the viewpoint of His disciples began as a small crowdfunded endeavor in 2017 but has since become a worldwide sensation with over 280 million viewers. Dallas Jenkins, the show's creator, director, co-writer, and executive producer, is working with the Come and See Foundation to reach one billion people by 2027. The show has already been translated into scores of languages, reaching the Guinness Wo

Introduction: Without a doubt, the wildly popular song, "I Speak Jesus," has commanded a prominent place on the stage of modern worship music. Having never heard of it until two years ago, I now seem to hear it everywhere. Yet, despite the song's powerful instrumentation and emotional appeal, it continues to unsettle my spirit as intensely as it did the night I first heard it. Researching the context behind the lyrics, in addition to studying the lyrics themselves, has