Category Archives: The Gospel Message
A Healthy Soul
In relation to the concept of a healthy soul, I want to share a few simple thoughts about counseling. To share what I’m thinking about this, you need to understand that I am basing this on the pre-supposition that the … Continue reading →
Movie Review: To Save A Life
Last night our family spent the night together watching the movie “To Save A Life”. My wife and I had heard the buzz about what a great “Christian” movie it was, so we thought it would be good to watch … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 12
In this post, I want to share with you some helpful comparisons, contrasts, and terms to help my readers develop a better understanding of what the Bible means when it uses the word “repent” or “repentance”. What Repentance IS NOT … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 11
Here I will continue to address some questions and points of confusion about the concept of repentance: A Confusing Use of the Word “Repent” in a Common Question “Have you repented of your sins?” The implication here is that one … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 10
I am going to conclude this series with a couple more posts that address some possible questions that may not have been addressed up to this point. What if the Lordship Salvation teaching is right ? Now let’s just suppose … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 9
In this post I will cover the 4th bare minimum of the gospel and give an example of what repentance looks like in regard to making a personal response to the gospel. This deals with what is commonly referred to … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 8
So what does repentance (the kind that is truly part of a saving faith) look like? To answer this, I want to take each part of what I consider the bare minimums of the gospel and give a brief example … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 7
Justification and Sanctification are 2 of the most vital doctrines of the faith (for simple definitions, see my last post). There are many dangers of blurring the lines between them, but I want to talk about 2 things in particular. Both of … Continue reading →
Series: Repentance, part 6
As I write this series of blogs on this subject, there is the constant temptation to take off down a variety of rabbit trails. I hope as I have given in to a couple of those temptations, that I have … Continue reading →
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Series: Repentance, part 5
The thing that I most agree with the Lordship Salvation folks about is this very thing – that the gospel has gotten watered down all too often. But the answer is not to add to the clear meaning of what … Continue reading →