There seems to be a contradiction in Scripture that a man is justified (declared righteous) by faith according to Paul, but justified by works according to James (Rom. 5:1; James 2:24). It’s either one or the other. It can’t be both, can it? But actually, it is both. A mountain climber may have faith to climbContinue reading “Paul vs. James, A Contradiction?”
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Scary Bible Verses Part 2
This is another verse that caused me some fearful moments. “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works is dead” (James 2:17). Have I done enough good works to prove that I am really saved? For my book, Assurance of Heaven, I examined 32 commentaries on this verse. Twenty-seven basically stated thatContinue reading “Scary Bible Verses Part 2”
Redeem the Time
As I walked at a nearby park, I remembered a similar day several years ago walking with a friend. It was a day, if I recall correctly, in the spring. A man on a motorcycle rode passed us on the entrance road and promptly made a U-turn exiting the park. He was clearly on aContinue reading “Redeem the Time”
Assurance of Heaven – Chapter 1; Book Excerpt 2
The B-I-B-L-E, yes, that’s the book for me.” That was a song I sang in Sunday school as a youngster. Like the song, Jesus Loves Me; the lyrics have been stuck in my mind for over sixty years. But it hadn’t been the book for me. I hadn’t read any of it for almost aContinue reading “Assurance of Heaven – Chapter 1; Book Excerpt 2”
Assurance of Heaven 