Re-evaluating the Bible’s teaching on grace in light of this First Century context
When the New Testament writers used the term “grace” they were doubtless aware of how the concept of grace was understood in society. They were not inventing a new theory to describe how God dea…
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Introduction
The word “grace” (Greek charis) is used 156 times in New Testament writings. The word is particularly prominent in the writings of Paul, and his close associate Luke. Given the fact that Paul writes “by grace ye are saved” (Eph 2:5,8), and Peter said at the Jerusalem Conf…
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In our previous two articles, we reviewed the EC proposal that “death” and “mortality” are referring to two different unrelated concepts, and found it to have no scriptural basis. EC proponents teach that the death (Gk thanatos) that entered into the world when Adam sinned was not the normal…
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