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Are We All Just the Product of Pond Scum?

March 8, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - man from dust, Six days of creation, YEC

Robin asks this compelling question: A believer friend of mine shared with me that she doesn’t “put God in a box” and that she thinks He created us any way He felt like. I was shocked that she didn’t believe in the creation of Adam as a fully developed man. Why is it important for

Can People Move Forwards or Backwards in the Four Soils?

March 4, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Luke 8:11-15, the Parable of the Four Soils

James wrote me an actual letter and asked some excellent questions about the Parable of the Four Soils. Here is part of what he wrote: Are the four kinds of soil supposed to be static? Will a person who is very hardened to the gospel always be hardened? Would a person whose heart was like

«Спасен навсегда» против «спасен пока что»

March 3, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Бесплатный дар благодати - Вечная безопасность в евангелизме, Иоанна 11:25-27, Иоанна 3:16

За несколько лет до того, как уйти из жизни в 2008 году, Зейн Ходжес (англ. Zane Hodges) поделился со мной в письме этим заключением, к которому он пришёл: Существует огромная, размером в пропасть, разница между этими двумя утверждениями: (1) Вы спасены пока что (2) Вы спасены навсегда Он добавил, что второе утверждение «это евангелие согласно

What Is the Heaven or Not Website Teaching about Salvation?

March 2, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Evangelistic presentations, Heaven or Not

Terry sent me a link to a website. Evidently this has been appearing on TV as a commercial. Here is a link to the website and the article entitled, “Heaven or Not?” Five verses are cited in this article: Gen 1:1; Rom 3:23; John 3:16; 1 John 5:12-13; and Eph 2:8-9. The fact that John

Different Meanings of Salvation in Five New Testament Books: Part 2

March 1, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

Robert Wilkin Associate Editor Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION In part 1, we considered the use of sōtēria and sōzō in Philippians, James, and Romans. In the second and final installment, we will consider the uses of sōtēria in the Thessalonian Epistles and in Hebrews. II. THREE USES OF SŌTĒRIA IN 1-2

Invitation to Evangelism: Sharing the Gospel with Compassion and Conviction

Posted in Book Reviews

Invitation to Evangelism: Sharing the Gospel with Compassion and Conviction. By Timothy K. Beougher. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2021. 403 pp. Cloth, $39.99. Beougher is the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and the associate dean of the Billy Graham School at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His book is endorsed by many people from that

The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity With the Gospel

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The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel. By Dean Inserra. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2019. 203 pp. Paper, $14.99. I have often said and written that most Evangelicals need evangelizing. So, I agree in principle with Inserra. However, there is a major difference in how he and I identify an Evangelical who is

Grace, Faith, Free Will—Contrasting View of Salvation: Calvinism & Arminianism

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Grace, Faith, Free Will—Contrasting View of Salvation: Calvinism & Arminianism. By Robert E. Picirilli. Nashville, TN: Randall House, 2002. pp. Paper, $19.99. Normally we do not review books that were published more than a few years ago. However, I just came across this book. It is by someone who calls his view Reformed Arminianism (e.g.,

Is Perseverance Guaranteed, at Least a Little?

March 1, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin Please see the original 4 part blog series, here: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4

How Do We Know that the Three Parables of Luke 15 Are about the Repentance of Believers?

February 28, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Luke 15:7, Repentance and Salvation

Blake asks a great question: Bob, I have a question about your book Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance. On page 103 item 3 you say that Luke 15:7 is in reference to the repentance of believers. Could you tell me where in chapter 15 you understand Jesus to be talking about believers? I