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One must also understand the Wesleyan movement as preaching a gospel of
free grace that at times sounds very much like the Reformation theme of «justification by faith.»
I came to
free grace years afterward so I was still a Calvinist for years when I was outside of any fellowship.
As an adult at a Christian university working on a religious studies degree, I was unsettled with both sides, not realizing there was alternative until coming across
Free Grace Theology and discussed my concerns with Dr. Radmacher — who said it was the Holy Spirit who caused me to be unsettled.
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans gives it classical articulation in the Christian Bible: «For all alike have sinned, and are deprived of the divine glory, and all are justified by God's
free grace alone, through God's...
God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: Christianity, Discipleship, following Jesus,
free grace, grace, religion, Theology of Salvation
To spread the message of God's
free grace, we must plant churches.
God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics: eternal life,
free grace, gospel, grace, sin, soteriology, Theology of Salvation
After I left prison, I was led into a church that taught «
free grace» and a group of Godly men that welcomed me into their circle in spite of my own failings.
Yes, I have often wondered if this is a big reason
Free Grace theology has not made greater inroads in certain areas, and why men like MacArthur just ignore us.
I also knew that it had to have something to do with the radical,
free grace of God in Jesus Christ.
God is Redeeming Theology Bible & Theology Topics: crossless gospel, eternal life, forgiveness,
free grace, gospel, grace, heretic, Jesus, resurrection, scripture, sins, Theology - General, Theology of Salvation
God is Redeeming Scripture Bible & Theology Topics: Discipleship, eternal life, faith alone, faith and works,
free grace, glorification, good works, gospel, justification
I can't speak for Neil Cole, but I know that Anabaptist ideas and teachings are somewhat in the background of
Free Grace churches.
People who believe in
the free grace of God also need to develop a vision for the future about planting churches.
The forums at
Free Grace Churches are set up so that individual books and passages can be discussed more easily.
The forums over at
Free Grace Churches are (so far) a pretty fair and gracious place to discuss all areas of theology and church practice, and do have some fairly controversial posts.
Ironically, the only reason I am «
Free Grace» today is because I was willing to consider exegetical evidence for a view that was contrary to what I had held and been taught my entire life.
In fact, some who are upset at me are my friends within
Free Grace theology.
By way of introduction, we have been with GES almost since its beginning and had been proclaiming
the free grace gospel message for 25 years before that.
Oh, and by the way, we will eventually be considering all of these items (and others) in the theology forums over at
Free Grace Churches.
Eventually, I hope to present some of these ideas over at the new forum:
Free Grace Churches.
We in
the Free Grace camp need to think BIG about the future.
I'm not sure where I stand on
the Free Grace vs Lordship issue.
Recently
a Free Grace brother changed his whole soteriology to include any and all works - salvationists who simply believe that Jesus is God.
To be honest, while I fall into the «
Free Grace» camp, I define things and understand several things a lot differently than many who are in that camp.
I used to consider «
Free Grace» a movement.
Do you consider Piper to be Lordship or
Free Grace?
He announces that absolutely
free grace will reply to faith.
As Robert Chiles pointed out, during the nineteenth century, American Methodism as a whole shifted from Wesley's teaching of
free grace to an emphasis on the freedom of the will.
The problem with those holding the traditional
Free Grace position is not that they confuse the «who» with the «how» but that they arrive at their view from the Scripture rather than philosophy and man - made paradigms.
I would not call translating the Bible, understanding
free grace or Jesus divinity arguments, although some have made them that, have they not?
This would help settle the argument in the lordship salvation vs.
free grace debate in my mind, because it would show that belief in the Gospel account is accredited as obedience.
We need one for
Free Grace Theology!
2012 Note: A while back I tried to start a church planting website to promote and encourage churches that focus on
the free grace of God.
At that site, we want to focus on taking
the Free Grace theology we all know and love, and putting it into practice in our churches, in our communities, and around the world.
All who are strict advocates of free will are strangers to the grace of the sovereign God (W. E. Best,
Free Grace Versus Free Will, 35, 43).
Scripture teaches the radical, outrageous, shockingly
free grace of God.
Free grace is a scandalous idea, one which does not fill the religions» vaults with gold (I've seen it) or give control, power, authority or veneration to anyone.
... The ideas of
free grace and free will are diametrically opposed.
A while back I tried to start a church planting website to promote and encourage churches that focus on
the free grace of God.
Interesting topic that I'm finding out a lot of «
free grace» people disagree on.
The unifying theological theme within
Free Grace cirlces is that eternal life is given freely to anyone and everyone who simply believes in Jesus Christ for it.
Free Grace Churches are united not along denominational lines but rather theological lines.
Free Grace, for me, means the fear of failing God and losing our salvation is gone.
If you want a church that is fully in line with dispensational,
Free Grace theology, you will probably be disappointed.
So within «
Free Grace Churches» there may be some EVFree, some Lutheran, some non-denominational, etc..