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¿Qué Es lo Primero que Dices Cuando Evangelizas?

March 5, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Su Gracia Gratuita

por Bob Wilkin, publicado originalmente en la edición de septiembre/octubre de 2008 de Grace in Focus La primera cosa que dices que es vital Los periodistas están formados para poner el corazón de su historia en el primer párrafo. Ese párrafo inicial se llama la cabeza y se considera vital para atraer al lector y

How to Respond to a Works-Salvation Friend

March 5, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Evangelizing works-salvation people, James 2:19

A reader, R. E., talks about his interaction with a works-salvation elder. He asks me to explain how I would answer the question: Thank you for your email/newsletters concerning works–based salvation.  I work with a Church of Christ elder who adamantly defends the five steps to salvation.  When I give him several verses that only

Rapture in Revelation

March 3, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eschatology, The Rapture in Revelation

Here is a question on the Rapture from a regular reader: “When analyzing the Book of Revelation, at what chapter(s) would you insert the Rapture taking place?” Revelation 4-22 discuss the time after the Rapture, with chaps. 4-19 dealing with the Tribulation, chap. 20 discussing the Millennium, and chaps. 21-22 covering the eternal kingdom on

Assurance in Acts 2:36-38

March 2, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Acts 2:36-38, Assurance of Salvation, the meaning of the Christ

Z. P. asks this important question: Bob, you said in regard to Acts 2:37-38, that when the Jewish hearers of Peter’s sermon were “cut to the heart,” that is the time they believed that Jesus is the Christ. I’m struggling to see assurance as the essence of saving faith in this passage. Are you saying

Terminando bien la carrera

March 1, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Su Gracia Gratuita

Mi esposa y yo cambiamos de iglesia en 1992. Habíamos estado en una gran Iglesia bíblica, y nos cambiamos a una pequeña iglesia de los Hermanos de Plymouth. Zane Hodges era uno de los predicadores en la iglesia. Recuerdo haberlo escuchado enseñar sobre la perseverancia y desafiar mi pensamiento. Antes de ir a la asamblea

An Exegetical Analysis of Dillow’s View of Jesus’ Kingdom Entry Sayings

March 1, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

Robert N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION Final Destiny1 is a major expansion of Jody Dillow’s earlier work, The Reign of the Servant Kings. Chapters 18-22 deal with the Lord Jesus’ kingdom entry sayings. The author has been a friend of mine for thirty years. He has written for our publications and

Without a Doubt: How to Know for Certain That You’re Good with God

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Without a Doubt: How to Know for Certain That You’re Good with God. By Dean Inserra. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2020. 79 pp. Paper, $7.99. Great title. Great subtitle. But then I read the book. There are some Calvinists like David Engelsma who believe in the certainty of everlasting life. Calvinists like Engelsma base assurance

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. 245 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 Reformation Arminianism

Works Salvation Does Not Work

March 1, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin The Reformers argued that the message of Rome would not save. Most Protestants argued that way until the middle of the twentieth century. Billy Graham started putting Roman Catholics on the podium with him. The result was that around 1955 Fundamentalists rejected the message and ministry of Billy Graham. Even though Evangelicals