Recent content by John of Japan

Thank you for sharing this; it's a blessing. However, forgive me, but you did not answer my question. If you believe that accepting Christ as Lord is implicit in the Gospel, meaning it is part of believing, then I have no practical problem with that, though I believe it is mistaken...

Interesting. So at the time you believed, did you actually pray and say, "Jesus, I now make you Lord of my life"? Because that is the logical way to present the Gospel if LS is true, and I already quoted on this thread how Evangelism Explosion, by James Kennedy, says to do personal evangelism in...

Everyone, here is the incredible testimony of scientist Francis Colins and his journey from atheism to Christ: . Note that he recounts his journey step by step right up to accepting and believing in Christ, but in his salvation experience he does not mention receiving Christ as Lord at the...

You missed my point entirely. I was not speaking of the Scripture you quoted but your evaluation of it. Again you missed my point entirely. You can't seem to figure out a single point I am making. And your point is? I have preached and witnessed in many states and nations, and I have never...

I'm not convinced that MacArthur was much about missions and missiology, though I could be wrong. He had conferences on how to become a Calvinist, but I'm not aware of any missions conferences he sponsored. At any rate, in many cultures you can be killed for publicly claiming Christ. In Japan...

That's not a workable theology. I don't even see it as theology, but as simply opinion. Theology goes to Scripture and systematizes what it finds. Have you ever had any actual training in theology (not "doctrines" per se, but actual theology)? I mean no offense. I want to help you if I can...

You'll have to explain that further. I'm not sure of your theology here. And again, I'd love for you to address my point that nowhere in John or Acts are people told to accept Christ as Lord. How in the world can you have a theology of evangelism if you don't research those two books? And I'm...

I'm happy to answer. As a missionary, I learned that many Americans don't realize the importance of the resurrection. I have run across Japanese tracts that had the substitutionary atonement, but not the resurrection. It seems that Americans back in the day all knew about the resurrection...

Did the thief on the cross believe he was a sinner? Check. Did the thief on the cross believe in Jesus? Check. Did he speak to Jesus, accepting Him as the One who could take him to Heaven? Check. Was the thief then born again? Check. Will we see him in Heaven? Check. What exactly was atypical...

Correction: The prof's name was Arend Ten Pas, not Erend. Here is his pamphlet on Amazon: The Lordship of Christ: Or can a person be saved without receiving Christ as Lord?: Pas, Arend J. ten: Amazon.com: Books He was allegedly later fired from BJU for endorsing 4 point Calvinism. Ironically...

Personally, I trusted Christ as Savior at age 4. One of my Bible college profs (1972) was Erend Ten Pas, who wrote a pamphlet advocating LS, quoted years later in MacArthur's book. I asked him if I was saved, since a 4 year old can't understand the Lordship of Christ. That was unfair to him...

Well of course. Yes, John MacArthur declared that the Sermon on the Mount is a salvation message, but it isn't. Nowhere in Matt. 5-7 do the words "saved," "salvation" or "repent" or "sin" occur. So that admonition was to believers, warning them not to believe everyone who claims to speak for...

9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (KJV) 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be...

No. The semantics (meaning) of "confess" and "obey" are not the same. "Confess" is well known as the Greek omologeo, "to say the same." (One of my students rode a plane with a Greek man, and it still means that!) To obey means to do what someone says. Here is something else LS misses. The term...

Well, of course they do believe in regeneration. But I object to your "even more so." But here you missed my point about the Holy Spirit. I fail to see how I am damaging anyone by my theological points. On the other hand, LS advocates can cause trouble too. I heard of an "evangelist" who...