Richard Burgess, 28.07.2025 You may have heard the phrase "Jesus plus nothing equals everything," but does it? The answer is, yes, it does. Anything else is not the gospel. Anything else tips us into faith and works, and if so, the question arises, how much faith/works: 80/20%, 60/40%, 50/50% etc.. Let's be clear: we are … Continue reading JESUS PLUS NOTHING EQUALS EVERYTHING?
Tag: faith and works
Free this weekend
Still looking for answers on the role of women in the church? Exploring the Role of Women in the Church is free this weekend. https://mybook.to/GDeWF Want to dig deeper in your Christian faith? Practical Discipleship explores the letter of James. Double-mindedness, partiality, works and faith, the tongue, wisdom for life, quarrels, riches etc.. https://mybook.to/nKZL Coming … Continue reading Free this weekend
Practical Discipleship
Discipleship is the latest buzzword in Christian circles. Discipleship though goes right back to Jesus and his calling of the twelve, his teaching and equipping of them, right through to his commissioning of them to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Several years ago I wrote a book based on … Continue reading Practical Discipleship
Justified by faith or by faith and works?
Richard Burgess One of the biggest questions relating to the Christian life is the question of faith and works - is it really faith only, or is it faith and works, and if so how much faith, and how much works, 90%/10%? 80/20? Or 50/50 etc? And if so, what kind of works? It’s a … Continue reading Justified by faith or by faith and works?
Making Faith Work
The subject of faith and works comes up time and again in pastoral ministry - I've met saints wondering how much they need to do to prove to themselves they are really saved; I've met saints coming towards the end of their days here on earth wondering whether they have done enough to get to … Continue reading Making Faith Work
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