salvation

A Future and a Hope

Reading Time: 2 minutesGreetings BA Readers, This is my last “First Word” of 2023. I thank the Lord for His blessings this year,…

Is sanctification essential for salvation?

Reading Time: 2 minutesIs sanctification essential for salvation? Salvation is what God does for humanity. Based on His sovereign will, He…

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Hardening of the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutesArteriosclerosis is a physical health condition brought on when plaque and cholesterol form in our arteries and cause them…

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Despising the Word?

Reading Time: 5 minutesHave you ever felt like Peter in Matthew 26, when he loudly and proudly proclaimed to Jesus that even…

How do we reconcile divine grace and human responsibility in the work of salvation?  

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow do we reconcile divine grace and human responsibility in the work of salvation?     Ephesians 2:8 is maybe…

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Gratitude

Reading Time: 2 minutesPrison life has beat the hellion out of me. It has helped me to learn not to be hardheaded…

When Did the King Come In?

Reading Time: 4 minutes“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again” (John…

Beforehand

Reading Time: 5 minutesAnd the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying,…

Do Christians Lose Salvation When They Sin?

Reading Time: 2 minutesDo Christians lose salvation when they sin? We do not lose our salvation by…

Groundwire

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe average U.S. church will see just one unsaved person come to faith in a typical calendar year, according…