A gospel claimed in grace, sovereign and true
Confessed by many, yet beliefs may differ too
One says you're saved, the other takes it back
Conditions imposed, a formula to track
The internet is buzzing, voices rise and fall
A line of reasoning, leading souls to stall
"You must repent of your dead works, prove it true"
A deadly twist, a fake gospel brew
Freewillers say "Accept the gift, be saved"
While some sovereign grace folks say "Admit, be brave"
Two formulas, two paths, both in a box
A powerless god, limited by their locks
The fear sets in, what if I can't follow through?
No assurance given, what will I do?
But oh the joy, the Gospel unboxed!
No secret formula, nothing to be dropped
Christ is our all, our hope and our guide
Not bound by false doctrine, and formulas denied
A blessed privilege, to know Him and love
Intimacy with Christ, from heavens above
Let us turn away from all sugar waters, false and sweet
And cling to Christ, our only hope, our only treat
"Foul, I to the fountain fly, wash me, Savior, or I die"
For in Him alone, our salvation does lie.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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