I know a young, married mother of two who one day found out that cancer had metastasized throughout her body. She right away started emailing out her status to those she knew (which—thanks to her—I also did when years ago I had bone cancer). In one email she wrote about going in for radiation treatment […]
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Three weeks ago Scott asked about my post, “Can Christians Lose Their Salvation? Yes and No,” whether, then, any of us “can ever rest peacefully assured of our own salvation?” The gist of his question (here) is based on the fact that some people apparently did think they were saved who later reject Christian truth.
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One of the most popular ways to witness is to share about your improved life since coming to Christ and that is called lifestyle witnessing. But this isn’t a good idea.
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Too often I’ve heard things like: “My sister Chrystal is addicted to drugs, has no interest in Jesus, and is completely promiscuous but I know she’s okay because she prayed the Sinner’s Prayer when she was twelve.” Not! Some of you might be thinking, “What!? Are you suggesting that someone can become a Christian and
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Years ago when I used to do a call-in radio talk show called Contend for Truth and we always had a contention for the day. One day we said: “Our contention today is that no one has ever been saved by praying the sinner’s prayer in the history of Christianity—not even once! If you disagree
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The caller to my radio program said: “I was born gay.” I said, “No, you weren’t.” He said, “Yes, I was.” I said, “No, you weren’t.” He said, Yes, I was.” I said, “No you weren’t.” He then asked, “But since I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember then how did
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Last week on our Biola Apologetics Facebook page, Alfonso agreed that apologists must be humble but added that, hopefully, the mere giving of advice wouldn’t be immediately discredited as a sign of arrogance. Indeed. And this brings up a much larger issue that applies, not only to those we might advise, but to ourselves. Every
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There are some famous oxymorons. Military intelligence and honest politician come immediately to mind. And perhaps Hyundai sports car. But there is in the minds of many, I’m sorry to say, another: humble apologist. Over the years I’ve found that many pastors are wary of apologists because these pastors think that if there were an
