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, …
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Peace (Phil. 4:6-9)
By Donald P. Ames Introduction: Passage full of rich material and many lessons. Want to move in and focus on a particular theme mentioned by Paul. I. The Pence Of God. A. In time of adversity. 1. Some find poverty, etc., hard to accept. a. “Peace” built on financial security. b. Desire to “get all I …
Miracles: Peter Popoff Style
By Fred Melton Peter Popoff, a California based faith healer seen on fifty television outlets, does not deny using electronic gadgetry to obtain “information on names, ailments and other personal details” as though they were revealed to him by the Holy Spirit. “The Holy Spirit does speak,” said Popoff, “but I don’t think people are naive.” …
A Calvinist And The New Birth
By Larry Ray Hafley Many criticize the Old Baptists when we teach that we can do nothing to effect the new birth in ourselves or in others. We believe that just as in our natural birth we had nothing to do with effecting it – so we have nothing to do in our spiritual birth. Keep …