PreTrib PilgrimSearch the library
Search by subject, then refine by approach. A prophecy study may also be apologetic or discerning because subject tells you what it examines, while approach tells you how it examines it.
30 results for “Grace”
Clear searchJohn Bunyan · Spiritual autobiography · 1666
Grace Abounding is valuable because Bunyan does not make the path to assurance look neat or effortless. He records the biblical words that awakened, wounded, corrected, and eventually comfor…
View recommendation →Augustine of Hippo · Spiritual autobiography and prayer · c. 397–400
…eiving its insight while testing its theology and exegesis by the Word of God. Conversion Grace Sin Desire Prayer Providence Memory
View recommendation →Dave Hunt · Biblical polemic · 2002
…ly as he tests Calvinism. The love of God Character of God Calvinism Sovereignty Election Grace Atonement Gospel invitation
View recommendation →Sir Robert Anderson · Biblical and apologetic argument · 1897
…bout why a particular prayer was not answered. Divine silence Providence Suffering Prayer Grace Dispensationalism Future judgment
View recommendation →The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor
…nt. Gentiles really do enter blessings rooted in Israel's covenant history. They do so by grace and faith, alongside the believing remnant of Israel. Yet Paul continues to distinguish wild branches from natural branches and describes Israel's eventual restoration as natural branc…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…wish believers do not approach God through Torah while Gentile believers approach through grace. Both are justified by faith and belong fully to Christ. Unity does not abolish every distinction Galatians 3:28 cannot mean that the named identities cease to exist in every respect.…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…mises can be dissolved by human failure or transferred without remainder, no recipient of grace has grounds for confidence. Romans 11 instead holds together severity, mercy, human responsibility, and the irrevocability of God's calling. What the final week is for Daniel's program…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…xt, and the unconditional promises God made to Israel. It affirms one way of salvation by grace through faith, centred in Christ. It distinguishes Israel and the Church without teaching two gospels or two redeemers. The following answers do not prove the whole system. They clear…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…This covenant does not pretend Israel's past obedience was sufficient. It promises divine grace which will produce the changed hearts necessary for future faithfulness. Israel's restoration is not a reward for achieving perfection before God acts. God acts to cleanse and transfor…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…Gentile may receive what circumcision pointed towards while remaining a Gentile saved by grace. What exactly is contrasted in verses 28-29? Paul arranges four contrasts. In each line, the outward claim comes first and the inward reality follows: OUTWARD CLAIM → INWARD REALITY ou…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…taught through sacrifices which anticipated Christ. Every person who is saved is saved by grace through faith on the ground of Christ's finished work. The Church is not God's emergency response to an unexpected Jewish rejection. It is the mystery eternally purposed in Christ and…
Read article →What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God
…and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:19). The apostolic blessing names "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost" (2 Corinthians 13:14). At Jesus' baptism, the Son is in the water, the Spirit descends and the Fathe…
Read article →The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…Christian may waste years, injure others, lose reward, and be ashamed before the Saviour. Grace does not make watchfulness optional. It does make Christ's work, rather than our ranking, the ground of final deliverance. The event did not begin with Darby The distinction between th…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…new heart, and the indwelling Spirit (Ezekiel 36:24-28). Israel's condition explains why grace is necessary; God's holy name explains why the promise is certain. This also answers the suggestion that restoration would reward ethnic privilege. It will do the opposite. Israel will…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…ted to defeat God's oath. It is judged under the Mosaic covenant and overcome through the grace of the new. Has God abandoned Israel? Paul asks the question directly: "Hath God cast away his people?" His answer is "God forbid" (Romans 11:1). A present remnant demonstrates that th…
Read article →Jesus and the fountain of living water
…are, but we come to Him—not to a version of Him who leaves our rebellion undisturbed. His grace pardons, receives and begins to change those who trust Him. The safety of the invitation lies in Christ's willingness as well as His power. He is not mocking thirsty people by calling…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…(John 3:16). Isaac is not the eternal Son of God. He is a created man and a recipient of grace. Yet his place in the narrative anticipates the greater reality: a father gives his unique beloved son, the one in whom the promised future is concentrated. The son carries the wood Ge…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…ways. Restoration does not depend upon Israel first becoming independently worthy of it. Grace supplies what the covenant purpose requires. There was no concealed clause stating that centuries of unbelief would cause Israel to mean a different people, the land to mean no particu…
Read article →The peace Christ gives in a troubled world
…es this peace is experienced as remarkable calm. At other times it appears as the quieter grace to continue: enough light for the next step, enough strength for the present duty and enough confidence to pray again. We should not despise that quieter form of peace. Remembering wha…
Read article →Why the Trinity is not polytheism—and why Christians confess one God
…while Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are distinguished. Paul closes another passage with the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost together (2 Corinthians 13:14). These are not three titles worn successively by one Person. The Son prays to the Father,…
Read article →Not escape from the body, but its redemption
…humanity will not be lost; whatever belonged to death's occupation of it will not remain. Grace, faithfulness, and reward The certainty of resurrection rests upon Christ, not upon our success in accumulating merit. Those who are Christ's will be raised at His coming because they…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…e Lord's brother" (Galatians 1:18-19). Years later, James, Cephas and John recognised the grace given to him and extended "the right hands of fellowship" to Paul and Barnabas (Galatians 2:9). The disagreement at Antioch was real. Paul opposed Peter publicly when Peter withdrew fr…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…e morally perfect. The justified are also renewed by the Spirit and called to good works. Grace produces obedience; it does not purchase forgiveness through obedience. Paul keeps the order clear: We are saved by grace through faith, not by works (Ephesians 2:8–9). We are created…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…and Christianity is not simply that Muslims believe in works while Christians believe in grace. Islamic teaching also speaks of repentance, mercy, intercession and God’s freedom to forgive. It should not be reduced to a mechanical set of scales. The deeper question is judicial:…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…is gloriously real. Israel's future is covenantally certain. These truths compete only if grace is treated as a possession which one people can receive solely through the dispossession of another. What we affirm together Before stating where the positions divide, we should rememb…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…every Israelite genealogy defeat the promise. The God who knows the remnant according to grace does not depend upon modern records to identify those who are His. Scripture assigns the fulfilment to divine faithfulness, not human archival competence. The apostles' rule is part of…
Read article →What mercy, holiness and the cross reveal about God
…st renews those who are saved. The reconciled then learn to love as they have been loved. Grace produces the family resemblance which Jesus commands. Does the Qur'an command mercy towards enemies? A Muslim may object that Islam also commands generosity, patience, justice and merc…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…His people. As in Elijah's day, God has preserved "a remnant according to the election of grace" (Romans 11:1-5). Paul then writes: "Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded." —Romans 11:7 Here the categories…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…r two different means of salvation. Scripture gives no basis for salvation apart from the grace of God and the work of Christ. The relevant observation is one of emphasis and chronology. Matthew calls the message "this gospel of the kingdom" and connects its worldwide witness dir…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…: "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace." —Romans 11:5 The earliest Church was born from that believing remnant. Jesus, the apostles, the women who followed Him, the believers gathered before Pentecost, and the thousands add…
Read article →