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Introduction

These commentaries are the result of my personal experience and study. They reflect my perspective on Christian doctrine—the narrative that shapes a believer’s faith—and how that narrative influences our ability to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. Today, Christianity often seems disconnected from the broader cultural conversation—reduced, in many ways, to an inconvenient subculture that increasingly grapples with spiritual diversity and social identity. This growing irrelevance raises a pressing question: why has the Church drifted so far from meaningful engagement with society? What concerns me most is how rarely this issue is addressed. Leadership from the pulpit is more focused on the organisation of the institution itself—an oversight that, in my view, has a direct and damaging effect on the health of the Church.

About Me

My earliest experiences were shaped, but not led, by a Christian view of life—a position that continued for 40 years before I made a personal decision to accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. In 2001, I was part of a leadership team that welcomed a new Pastor to our Church. Not long after, we were confronted with a series of theological and relational challenges that ultimately split the congregation in two. It took three subsequent Pastors and many years for the Church to heal from this division. I still recall the sadness, anger, and disillusionment that followed—the sense of confusion—the lingering weight of unanswered questions. Through that experience, I realised two things—that I knew very little about why I believed; and second, that whatever I did know wasn’t truly my own.

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Can Christians Lose Their Salvation? - Part 2

Falling Away

A Commentary on Hebrews 6:4-6

Following on from my last letter about the security of “Salvation”, I want to address the use of Hebrews 6 as used in defense of the idea that Christians can lose their salvation.

This passage is arguably the most difficult of all to interpret, let alone understand.  It begins with persuasive contemporary language that we assume refers to salvation and while salvation is not mentioned we associate the words "falling away" and "repentance" with salvation, because we ignore the grammar. The matter of restoration goes largely unnoticed as we become victims of our own presumption? We can fail to connect the context referred to by the writer. This presumption causes us to question eternal security, or at least question whether or not the recipients of the letter were indeed saved. Theologian Wayne Grudem suggests that the recipients of the letter were not born-again believers and makes a positive case for the eternal security of salvation. I have sympathy for this point of view. The entire book of Hebrews was a history lesson to Judaizers who were trying to move the Christian faith back into the law, therefore, it may well be speaking to a form of pre-salvation immaturity not dissimilar to the Jews in Acts 19:3-6. Hebrews 6:4-6 can be explained away far easier if this were the case! However, the grammar and context of the writer might suggest they were born again believers, by making the case for repentance leading to inheritance (Numbers 13-14). Whether or not the recipients of the letter were born-again believers is open to debate, but in order to address the question of eternal security, I'm taking the position that they were, and emphasize the fact that if they're not, this passage cannot be used as an example of losing salvation?

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