Bob Wilkin | Grace Evangelical Society

The Husband-Wife Relationship

June 19, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ephesians 5:21-33, Mutual submission, Submission, Wives submitting to husbands

A friend, who is a Free Grace pastor and Bible scholar, sent me an interesting note about a blog I wrote on Eph 6:1-4. Here is a portion of his note: Too many weddings have the preacher preaching on the “Wives submit to your husbands” theme. Based upon Eph 5:21, “submit to one another in the fear

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Believing Strong Deception and Taking Pleasure in Unrighteousness (2 Thessalonians 2:12)

June 17, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Thessalonians 2:12, Taking pleasure in unrighteousness, The strong delusion

Some questions are harder than others: I’m struggling to reconcile the free grace position with 2 Thess 2:12. Would you please help me understand what Paul is saying? The verse reads: “that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” It seems to me that according to this verse,

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Flying Can Be Trying 

June 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Dealing with frustrating situations, Flying woes, Travel delays

Due to Sharon’s cancer and chemo treatments, June 8-9 was a rare out of state trip for me. I went to Bayside Community Church in Tampa. I always enjoy speaking there and visiting with the people.    In the first service I spoke on the transformed life (Rom 12:1-21). In the second service I spoke on the

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How Wrong Interpretation Can Destroy Assurance

June 12, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, James 2:14-26, legalism, Lordship Salvation

I thought this was a good question about James 2: Have you seen any articles/books expand on the fact that the traditional interpretation of James 2:14-26 (saving faith has works, and non-saving faith doesn’t have works) leads to legalism and lack of assurance of salvation? Recently I read a Free Grace book (can’t remember which one)

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Jesus in the Old Testament

June 10, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Christology, Christophanies

The following question just came to my inbox: Does Jesus Christ show up in the Old Testament? I say NO. He is a New Testament character only. Yes, predictions about a Messiah, but no Jesus. Abraham was justified due to his faith in God. There was no resurrection yet. Others insist Jesus was there. Help, please, and links if possible.

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The Apostle Paul Versus Enlightened Political Correctness

June 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Female elders?, The historicity of the Gospels, Was Paul as misogynist?

I enjoy reading Imprimis, a monthly newsletter of Hillsdale College. I just read the February 2019 issue, entitled, “Shall We Defend Our Common History?” by Roger Kimball. I found parallels between modern political correctness and the way in which many seminaries discuss the writings of the authors of the New Testament. Kimball gives example after example of

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Faithfulness in the Family (Ephesians 6:1-4)

June 4, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Child Training, discipline, Ephesians 6:1-4, parenting

Introduction The following is a condensed version of a message I delivered at the recent GES national conference. I think that the main application of most of Scripture is to believe what is being taught. If we believe what God’s Word says, then we gain what Paul calls “the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16). Renewal

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Don’t Overlook the Power of Little Things We Do

May 30, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Faithfulness, Luke 19:17

At the national conference I met a young man we will call Steve who came to the Free Grace position from a strong Lordship Salvation (LS) background. He was in a strong LS church. Steve decided that if he were going to serve the Lord, he was going to do so with gusto. For him this meant learning the evangelistic

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Don’t Listen to Your Prophets (Jeremiah 23:16; 27:9, 14, 16, 17)

May 28, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Accountability, Discernment, Jeremiah 27:9-17

“Therefore do not listen to your prophets…” (Jer 27:9). “Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets…” (Jer 23:16; 27:14, 16). “Do not listen to them” (Jer 27:17). Did you know that God sometimes told Israel not to listen to her prophets? During the last days of Israel in the land before seventy years in exile in Babylon, nearly all the prophets of Israel

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2019 National Conference Report

May 27, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bible exposition, Ephesians, GES national conference

The conference ended two and a half hours ago. I’m sitting at my desk in the office, reflecting. Here are some of the highlights as I remember them: We covered every verse in Ephesians over the four days. The plenary messages and the workshops were very well received. J. B. got a free Christian mug during

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