Category Archives: Amazing Grace

You said something about God giving believers crowns and making them kings. Are you kidding? I’ve never heard such a thing! Are you sure you aren’t taking some very symbolic language all too literally? After all, if Jesus is the … Continue reading →

I’m beginning to get it, I think, but it still seems that God could save the righteous unbeliever if he so chose. First, I deny that there is such a thing. No one is righteous — not in the sense … Continue reading →

So I’m starting to get it, but it’s not entirely sinking in. Are you saying that salvation has to be by faith because only faith in Jesus can produce the relationship that God craves? I didn’t say that, actually, but … Continue reading →

Well, you’ve said a lot about faith, but I’m still waiting for the answer to my question: Why faith in Jesus? Sorry for being so long winded, but faith seems very arbitrary unless you understand what faith really is. I … Continue reading →

That was touching story. And it kind of makes sense. But I’m still struggling with how any of that is “faith”! To me, “faith” is what you believe. Welcome to the 16th Century. It’s time to learn what’s been learned … Continue reading →

What is faith in Jesus? Really? That’s an awfully high standard. I thought “faith” was asking Jesus to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Or confessing that he is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. But … Continue reading →

[Veto Roley has again posted a very thoughtful comment that, I believe, continues to take the conversation in a good direction. (And I’m really enjoying responding to his thoughts.) As before, his words are in italics. Mine are in regular … Continue reading →

Why faith in Jesus? I thought I was having lunch with a controversialists! You’re so orthodox as to be boring. There’s not much new here! Sometimes the old, staid traditionalists actually get things right, and the clever, new, creative, original … Continue reading →

Missions The result of all this is a familiar refrain: We must do more mission work. We must plant more churches. We must tell our neighbors about Jesus. (Rom 10:14-17 ESV)  14 How then will they call on him in whom … Continue reading →

Election The Scriptures also speak of the “elect.” Many of the passages in Isaiah speaking of the “chosen” use the same word translated “elect” in the New Testament. Speaking of the Kingdom, Isaiah says, (Isa 65:9 ESV) I will bring … Continue reading →