By Terry Partain There is a familiar ring to the Protestant approach to James 2:21 in the “faith-works” controversy. “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?” The well informed Protestant has learned to say, “Abraham was justified by works but only before men; not before …
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Morals On Poll
By Frank Jamerson The following clipping was copied from the local newspaper of December 3, 1985. It is a summary of an article in the December 9, 1985 issue of U.S. News and World Report. One in four Americans cheats on his tax returns, but most say it’s wrong to cheat on a husband or wife, …
Faithfulness
By Tom Roberts Introduction: What is the proper response of a disciple to the Lord? God’s grace is a fact; faith is the proper response (Eph. 2:8,9). But faith cannot be dead, barren and silent; such is the faith of demons (Jas. 2:19). The faith that accepts and depends on God responds with living works. We …
The Grace-Fellowship Theory (1)
By Wayne Partain This is one of the doctrines of the New Unity Movement. It is the theory that grace is extended to cover sins of weakness and ignorance, especially doctrinal ignorance, even though such sins are persisted in. Unscriptural definitions are given by the proponents of this theory to several terms such as grace, faith, …