death_place birth_place image_size nationality birth_date |death_date article_title name occupation
mesquite , texas chambersburg , pennsylvania 20px 125px american 15 june 1932 2008 11 23 1932 6 15 zane c. hodges
 zane clark hodges minister , writer , professor
zane c. hodges

zane clark hodges -lrb- june 15 , 1932 -- november 23 , 2008 -rrb- was an american pastor , seminary professor , and bible scholar .
some of the views he is known for include : -lrb- 1 -rrb- `` free grace theology , '' a view which holds that eternal life is received as a free gift only through belief in jesus christ for eternal life -lrb- a person can not lose their salvation , even if they fall away from the faith -rrb- , -lrb- 2 -rrb- `` eternal rewards '' , a view that various passages in the new testament are not dealing with eternal salvation but addressing christians and the opportunity to earn eternal rewards or to caution against their loss and -lrb- 3 -rrb- his position on the majority text .
