Bob Wilkin | Grace Evangelical Society

Doctrine Matters

August 21, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Tim 3:16, Acts 20:27, doctrine matters, fundamental doctrines, non-fundamental doctrines, What is doctrine

I received a call from a Free Grace friend. He asked, “What is doctrine?” My immediate response was, “Doctrine is anything that is taught in the Bible.” He went on to say that he distinguished between doctrines and tenets. He called doctrines the ten or so fundamentals: the deity of Christ, the virgin birth, His bodily resurrection, His substitutionary death on

Invitations in the Evangelistic Ministries of Jesus and His Apostles

August 15, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, invitations, John 11:25-27

When I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, I was required to file weekly reports on how many students I evangelized, what their response was, and how many students I discipled.  I was told if I did not get to the invitation prayer in the Four Spiritual Laws, then I could not count

Once Saved, Rarely Saved?

August 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - antinomianism, Arminianism, Eternal Security, motivations for Christian living, Once saved always saved

Someone sent me a link to a rather extreme Arminian preacher. Most who believe you can lose everlasting life think that people who believe you can’t lose your salvation still have a good chance of making it to heaven by persevering. However, this preacher thinks that the preaching of eternal security makes it very unlikely

Bind Him and Cast Him into the Outer Darkness (Matthew 22:13)

August 9, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - eschatological judgment, Matthew 22:13, outer darkness

Here is the hot question for the day from my in-box: First, I’d like to say that I appreciate GES, and I’m in agreement with much of what I’ve read and heard so far. One thing I am not currently understanding clearly is the phrase ‘bind him hand and foot’ pertaining to the outer darkness events. I

Unless You Believed in Vain (1 Corinthians 15:2)

August 7, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:2, Eternal Security, the perseverance of the saints, unless you believed in vain

I received the following question in a comment to a blog I wrote: “Why does Paul say you can believe in vain, 1 Cor. 15:2?” The questioner doesn’t seem to believe in eternal security. He implies that Paul was saying that you could believe in Christ, be born again, and then end up going to Hades anyway because the

Assurance and Faith

August 2, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, assurance is of the essence of saving faith, Faith, saving faith

Beware of what you say. You may contradict yourself. Or, you might contradict your mentor. Here is a great question from a reader/listener: At the beginning of the July 4th episode of Grace in Focus Radio on Discussions on Christianity for the Emotionally Damaged, Bob stated that assurance is another name for faith or belief. Zane

The Role of Determination to Obey in Progressive Sanctification

July 31, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Corinthians 3:18, determination to obey, progressive sanctification, Romans 12:1-2

One of the comments put on an earlier blog pointed people to some articles on our website explaining John 2:23-25 and John 8:30-32. I went to one of the articles on John 8:30-32. I found the following section, which I think is worthy of repetition and expansion. Here is what I wrote (you can see the

Update on Sharon’s Recovery from Cancer and Chemo

July 29, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Many of you are aware that Sharon underwent surgery for what turned out to be ovarian cancer last December. You have been praying for her as she underwent six chemo treatments, lost her hair, developed neuropathy in her feet, and lost lots of weight. Sharon’s last chemo was on May 24. After that she suffered

Conversation with a Former Free Grace Guy

July 26, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - apostasy, Arminianism, Eternal Security, John 10:27-28

I received a call from a man I knew years ago. We will call him Frank. I had not talked with Frank in ten or fifteen years. He used to be a solid Free Grace guy. But no longer. We spoke for nearly an hour. Frank wanted to warn me that I am teaching heresy and that

A Response to the Cheap Grace Charge

July 24, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Cheap Grace, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, easy believism

I received the following question about a blog post one of our readers saw: I was wondering if GES has a response to this post I recently saw on Facebook: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the great German pastor, theologian, martyr, spy was asked in 1943 how it was possible for the Church to sit back and let