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Salvation Focused on Self Is No Salvation At All

Most discipleship problems are the result of inadequate or anemic concepts of salvation. That is to say, one of the inherent problems with the Sinner’s Prayer is that it sets the stage for a very therapeutically-oriented, self-focused form of discipleship–a … Continue reading

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Is It More Important To Get A Sinner To Pray The Sinner’s Prayer Or The Lord’s Prayer?

A modest proposal for using the Lord’s Prayer rather than the Sinner’s Prayer when leading people to Christ: Of the two prayers, the Lord’s Prayer is the one that actually appears in Scripture as an actual prayer. Of the two … Continue reading

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Before You Lead Someone Through The Sinner’s Prayer, Please Read These Instructions

My peacemaking hat is off to Rev. David Platt who, after getting ear-boxed at the recent Southern Baptist Convention for raising concern about the use of the Sinner’s Prayer, ended up voting for a resolution affirming the use of the … Continue reading

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