The Preaching of the Gospel: A Serious Call or a Well-meant Offer? (2)

Part II: Faith: God's Gift from Beginning to End Those who hold to the well-meant offer, as it was set forth in my previous article (Standard Bearer, May 1, 2002), have a wrong view of what it means that faith is a gift of God. That faith is, in fact, a gift of God many are willing to admit, since Scripture explicitly teaches this. Philippians 1:29, for example, says that "unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him…." But many have found a way to make it look like...