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A 1997 conference message on Assurance Is of the Essence of Saving Faith, exploring how, if a person is not assured of his eternal salvation, that person is not believing the gospel message of eternal life.
A 1976 message on 1 John 5:9–13 at Dallas Theological Seminary, exploring how faith is occupied with God and with the testimony of God.
A 1995 message on Luke 23:39–43, exploring why salvation is not obtained by asking Jesus to save us.
A February 1989 Grace in Focus article in which Zane Hodges revisits an older theological debate over faith and assurance, arguing that Reformed theology deprives believers of true assurance by making works the test of saving faith.
A 1994 message on Luke 20:19–26, exploring how one of the problems that has haunted the Christian church from almost the very beginning is the confusion of religious reality with religious fantasy.
A 1993 message on Luke 17:3–10, exploring how, tragically, there are born-again Christians who think of God as someone who will give them instant gratification.
A message from a Grace Evangelical Society national conference in which Zane Hodges revisits James 2, arguing that James addresses believers and that justification by works refers not to a general lifestyle of good works, but to specific actions that visibly demonstrate a living faith.
Part 3 of the Outer Darkness series on Matthew 8:5–13, featuring a discussion by Zane Hodges and Bob Wilkin on the centurion’s great faith.
Part 2 of the Romans series, exploring how, in this second message on the book of Romans, Zane focuses on justification in chapters 2, 3, and 4.