Tag: works

• Good things gone awry

  Last Sunday afternoon we were talking about the rich young ruler in Mark 10.  We noticed that the man thought about what he could ‘do’ to be saved.  He asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.”  I know that this is a grammatical nuance, but I pointed out then (and…

  Pastor John

  April 15, 2011

  Salvation, Uncategorized

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• Faith that is Self Evident

  Last Sunday we looked at James 2:14-26.  James has some hard words for those who do not live out their “faith”.  He calls it dead.  He asks if such faith can save anyone.  He declares that such faith is useless.  These are hard words.  It gets even harder when he says that a person is…

  Pastor John

  March 8, 2011

  Salvation, Uncategorized

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