There is one sentence in the article of Jim Finn, which I wrote about yesterday, that I wanted to add some thoughts to separately. But first the sentence: Remove sin from the Bible, remove Hell from the Bible and there can be no Gospel. Jim is right here. Somehow, because the gospel means liberation, and without anybody being captive or anything keeping someone captive, there’s no sense in liberation....
I ran across an article by Gary where he addresses the question of whether you are saved through works or through faith. He points out correctly that it is faith alone, which isn’t very surprising as he is lutheran, or should I say, protestant? Because basically, I only knew about catholics being accused of teaching that you’d have to earn entrance to heaven through good works, and that without them you could have faith as much as you wanted, but wouldn’t be let in....