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In my article last month, The Limits of God’s Grace, I tried to show how God’s grace is frequently presented in such a manner that it nullifies the numerous scriptures that clearly speak of the absolute necessity of holiness if one is to ultimately gain entrance into heaven. Those scriptures are too... Read More

“Sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it” (Gen. 4:7, emphasis added). As was pointed out in the previous chapter, our sanctification is a joint effort on the part of God and ourselves. We grow to be progressively more like Jesus as we cooperate with the Father... Read More

It is always pure joy to discover more people who are focusing on the substance of what following Jesus is supposed to be all about—loving God with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves. These two commandments are what Jesus said are most important and what encapsulate all the rest (see Matt... Read More

Wearied by the continual battles with the Philistine armies, exasperated by the heat of the harvest-time sun, David’s army waited in the caves outside Bethlehem, observing the Philistine army down below them. David, surveying his occupied homeland, let out a cry, “Oh that one would give me drink of ... Read More

RECEIVING THE SPIRIT: Counsel from the Word Gordon Cary In formulating our beliefs on receiving the Spirit, it is important that we rely, not simply on a few “proof texts,” but on the whole tenor and teaching of Scripture — especially Luke, John, Acts, Romans. John 14-16 are all about Jesus’ predict... Read More

"For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love" (Galatians 5:6). Grace + Law = Death. Grace - Law = Life! "Covenant theology, which has molded the major theological conceptions for many generations, recognizes no distinctions as to ag... Read More

The question we are dealing with is, Does the Christian have one, or two natures*; has the old man been eradicated, or not? I believe there are two keys that unlock the scriptural answer. The one is the doctrine of the two men, and the other is the doctrine of position. First we will consider the tw... Read More

EVENING THOUGHTS or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD JULY 1. "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me." John 15:4 The union of the believer with Jesus, and the consequent fruitfulness, is a glorious truth: the H... Read More

"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Gal. 6:14 We've heard about the importance of walking in the Spirit, and it is so vital to what God wants to do. In the above scripture we find that the cro... Read More

AN OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY GHOST The Spirit that Now Works in the Children of Disobedience Ephesians 2:2 describes the conditions of the former lives of genuine Christians. Paul writes that they walked in times past according to the course of this world, according to the Prince of the Power of the Ai... Read More