Pulpit Magazine

(By Nathan Busenitz)
Yesterday, I posted part one of my review of Lou Martuneac’s position on lordship salvation. In response, in the comments section of his own blog, Lou made this remark: “If Nathan insists on steering clear of a discussion of how Lordship defines the conditions for the reception of salvation, there will be little […]

 (By Nathan Busenitz)

This is part one of a multi-part response to Lou Martuneac’s book, In Defense of the Gospel (Xulon, 2006). 
It seems to me that there are three basic positions on the lordship issue. And they each center around two essential questions (which in reverse order are): 1) What does it mean to repent? and 2) […]

(By John MacArthur) 
Even the most cursory study of the preaching in Acts shows that the gospel according to the apostles was a clarion call to repentance. At Pentecost, Peter concluded his sermon—a clear lordship message—with this: “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this […]

(By John MacArthur)
One argument against repentance that is invariably found in no-lordship books goes like this: The Gospel of John, perhaps the one book in Scripture whose purpose is most explicitly evangelistic ( John 20:31 ), never once mentions repentance. If repentance were so crucial to the gospel message, don’t you suppose John would have […]

(By John MacArthur)
Repentance is no more a meritorious work than its counterpart, faith. It is an inward response. Genuine repentance pleads with the Lord to forgive and deliver from the burden of sin and the fear of judgment and hell. It is the attitude of the publican who, fearful of even looking toward heaven, smote […]