We deny that this atonement results in salvation without a person’s free response of repentance and faith. We deny that God imposes or withholds this atonement without respect to an act of the person’s free will. We deny that Christ died only for the sins of those who will be saved… We deny that any person is regenerated prior to or apart from hearing and responding to the Gospel.

My point is simply this: to be “Biblically balanced” is NOT to allot equal airtime to every Biblical theme. To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible’s radically disproportionate focus on God’s saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ.

If I could ask the committee a question it would be this: If the investigative process was so thorough, why devote so little in the report to substantiating Meyers’ innocence? Why isn’t there more material devoted to the specific concerns raised in the LOC, and not just whether or not Meyers believes the first and... Continue Reading

  Saved by grace through faith.  Isn’t that the gospel? One of the most well-known verses of the New Testament is: “For by grace you have been saved through faith.” Need we say more? Well, yes, because the statement taken by itself may or may not be the gospel. How so?   Let’s begin with the... Continue Reading