What stands between you and the free gift?
Eternal life is a free gift. Okay, that’s clear. But to whom is it given? According to the Word of God it is available for all who overcome everything that is set against the freedom to drink of the water of life.
Root out of Dry Ground
Like a root out of dry ground, the Vine has sprouted again and brought forth clusters — communities of people who love Messiah and who desire nothing more than to abide in Him and bear the fruit of His Kingdom.
Martin Luther -- Did He Pass the Litmus Test?
Martin Luther, one of the foremost Fathers of the Reformation, rejected the Book of James, calling it “an epistle of straw”. He could not reconcile his fundamental doctrine of salvation by faith alone, with James’ clear teaching that “faith without works is dead”.