Dr Paul Allen

Who needs to be saved? Everyone! Not one person has escaped sin’s devastating effects, and no one can do anything about this on their own. We come to the solution to this universal problem: the doctrine of salvation. The basis of salvation for any and every individual is Christ’s death—and only Christ’s death. This truth is known as the sufficiency of the death of Christ . Anything we sinful humans might contribute to our own salvation is excluded. When Jesus said on the cross, “It is finished” ( John 19:30 ), he meant it. The gospel—the good news of salvation—is succinctly stated in 1 Corinthians 15:1–8: 2-5 By this gospel you are saved … that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared [to the disciples and hundreds of others]. The good news is that anyone can be saved by believing that Jesus died for their sins, was buried, and was resurrected. The significance...

It has become fashionable in evangelical circles to speak somewhat glibly of the unconditional love of God . It is certainly a pleasing message for people to hear and conforms to a certain kind of political correctness.  In the Gay community , where some like, metropolitan Community Church (gay sect) Freedom2b and Tony Ven Brown all claim that God's love is unconditional in that they have stopped their struggle against sexual sin, given in to, and now claim they are free and have peace and are enjoying God's unconditional live. In our desire to communicate the sweetness of the gospel to people and the readiness of God to cover our sins with forgiveness and the incredible depth of His love that is displayed in the cross, we indulge in a hyperbolic expression of the scope and extent of His love. Where in Scripture do we find this notion of the unconditional love of God ?  If God’s love is absolutely unconditional, why do we tell people that they have to repent and ...