ABSTRACT: Protestants have traditionally understood sanctification as God’s work of gradual spiritual transformation over the entire life of every believer. Recent biblical scholarship has argued that such a definition does not actually correspond with the meaning of biblical terminology for sanctification, which refers to a single and definitive setting apart of believers at conversion. Some have... »
The text is from a radio commentary of Paul Harvey (1965) explaining how he would destroy us [America] if he were Satan… “If I were the devil, I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree—Thee. So I’d set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches first—I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whis... »
Legalism is one of the most misunderstood words in Christian thought. Declaring what the Bible says about morality and righteous living is not legalism. Legalism is when you believe the keeping of any rule great or small is what saves you. We are saved by grace and that same grace that saved us introduced us to a life of holiness where we now live our lives to please the Lord. To declare this is n... »