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Nine Reliable Evidences of Justification by Faith apart from Works (Romans 3:28)

January 17, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Justification by faith alone, Justification by faith apart from works, Romans 3:28

“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” While working on a book on one hundred verses which prove that salvation is by faith alone, apart from works, I came across an interesting explanation of what Paul meant in Rom 3:28 when he concluded “that a man

Disobeying God with Good Intentions (Mark 1:40-45)

January 14, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Mark 1:41-45, pragmatism, well-intentioned disobedience

Leprosy is a terrible disease. There is treatment today, though I don’t know how effective it is. But back in the first century leprosy was a death sentence. Slowly a person would fall apart, losing parts of fingers and toes as the disease spread. Lepers were not allowed to touch others. They were to stand

The Place of Failure

January 10, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - criticism, Failure, Luke 19:17

Over the years I’ve had lots of failures in life. I know we all have. But I’m more acutely aware of my own failures than I am of those of others. Have you ever felt like giving up on your job, your ministry in your church, or on some major responsibility you bear? I have.

The Second Edition of Our New Testament Commentary Is Available

January 8, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - One volume New Testament commentaries

The first edition of our NT commentary was released in 2010. It was hardback, 2 volumes, and 1334 pages. It took us twenty years to complete it. We received lots of corrections over the years, mainly for typos. Shawn loaded in all the changes last summer and fall. He also completely re-typeset it. Here

Questions about Differences Between KJV and NKJV

January 7, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Comparing the KJV and NKJV, Critical Text, Majority Text, TR

Recently I wrote a blog about the claim that the King James Version used today is “inspired, inerrant, and infallible.” I showed that the reasoning behind this claim is flawed. I suggested that the NKJV is based on the same manuscripts and is simply an updating of the English. The NKJV is essentially a translation

KJV Is Inspired Says Dr. Shelton Smith in Sword of the Lord

January 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Timothy 3:16-17, inerrancy, Inspiration, KJV translation, the 1769 KJV

In the Dec 27, 2019, issue of Sword of the Lord, Dr. Shelton Smith says that the King James Version is inspired and inerrant. The title of his article is “Can You Tell Me about the King James Bible?” Under a heading entitled, “Is the King James Bible Inspired, Inerrant, and Infallible?” he answers, “Yes! Yes! And

Try Using Questions in Evangelism

December 30, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - communicating with unbelievers, dialogue versus monologue, evangelism, using questions in evangelism

I recently read a book called Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did, second edition (Kregel, 2004, 2017). It is by Randy Newman, who for a time was on college campus staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. Newman’s purpose is not to explain what the saving message is. For the most part he assumes that the readers already

“Running in Vain” in Paul’s Epistles

December 25, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:58, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Galatians 2:2, Galatians 4:11, laboring in vain, Philippians 2:16, running in vain

On several occasions Paul used the illustration of running a race in relation to the believer’s judgment at the Judgment Seat of Christ, the Bema (1 Cor 9:24-27; 2 Tim 4:6-8). Finishing the race is vitally important (2 Tim 4:7). It is what leads to Christ’s praise and approval at the Bema. On some occasions Paul

“Castaway” and “Disqualified” Are Bad Translations (1 Corinthians 9:27)

December 23, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 9:24, adokimos, disapproved, disqualified, Eternal Rewards

“But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” (NKJV) The King James Version translates the end of 1 Cor 9:27 in this way: “lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” (emphasis added). The word castaway in

Introduction to Mark’s Gospel

December 18, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Introduction to Mark, Jesus’ baptism, Mark 1:1-15, the gospel of the kingdom, the wilderness motif

Some think Mark was the first Gospel written and that Matthew and Luke used Mark to write their Gospels. I don’t agree. I think the evidence shows that all four Gospels were written independently, without each other having seen the works of the other writers. How do we explain, then, all the common wording in Matthew,