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Another Look at James 2:14-17

September 11, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - assurance and works, dead faith, James 2:14-17

David asks a good question about James 2:14-17: I’m taking an online course from DTS on James, as taught by Dr. Stanley Toussaint. Through GES I’ve learned that the free gift of life comes through faith alone in Christ alone plus nothing. Dr. Toussaint teaches that unless that is followed by works, your faith is

The God-Given Authority Believers Have Today

September 9, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - authority God gives believers, John 1:12, Rev 2:26

Deborah asks a very difficult question: In today’s climate of evil, it is very hard to not pray for God to overcome the evils.  But for believers who want to walk in faith, do we have a duty to expose the devil’s work?  I am also studying the book of Luke, chapters 9 and 10.  Since

Using Cell Phones for Bible Study

September 7, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - cell phones and Bible study, Electronic Bible study

In a recent blog, I was warning about the dangers of overusing cell phones (see here). In that blog, I made this passing comment about using cell phones for Bible study: When I preach and ask people to follow along in their Bibles as I read a section of Scripture, I often see multiple people

God’s Sovereignty and the Length of Our Lives

September 3, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Acts 5:1-11, Gen 18:16-33, God’s sovereignty and our free will, Jonah 3:1-10, Length of life, Lev 10:1-11

I have often been asked whether we can do anything to lengthen—or shorten—our lives. The question typically is stated like this, “We know that God is in control and that He knows everything. He knows the day that each person ever conceived will die. Isn’t it true, then, that nothing we do is going to

¡Atención al pájaro “anti-seguridad”!

September 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Su Gracia Gratuita

Recibimos esta perspicaz pregunta de John, lector habitual de nuestro blog: Acabo de leer su entrada de blog más reciente concerniente a “Dead Spoken Faith Alone” [Fe muerta solo hablada]. En su punto #10, usted menciona que tener la seguridad es esencial para una fe que salva. Tengo que admitir que todavía me asusta pensar

God’s Ability or Inability to Be in the Presence of Sin

September 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 5:16, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, The prayer of a righteous man

This good question just came in from a radio listener: In a book I read my children, it says “God is perfect and holy and anyone who sins cannot be in His presence.” I know this is a concept I have been taught somewhere else before. I heard it brought up in passing on one

Faith Alone in Four Verses

September 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin An Excerpt from Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses Chapter One And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness (Genesis 15:6). My parents had given up hope. Though their first child, a daughter, came after just a few years of trying, the second child, another daughter,

A Review of Andy Stanley’s “Irresistible”

September 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

By Bob Wilkin Andy Stanley was a few years behind me at Dallas Theological Seminary. I recall grading some of his papers. I’ve long had a high regard for him. As I read his recent book called Irresistible1, I became concerned about the direction his ministry appears to be taking. He seems to be downplaying

Paul & the Gift

Posted in Book Reviews

Paul & the Gift. By John M. G. Barclay. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015. 656 pp. Cloth, $117.99. Barclay’s work will be foreign to those who are not familiar with the new perspective on Paul (hereafter, NPP). Barclay’s discussion of NPP (esp. pp. 151-182) presupposes that one is quite familiar with it. The book is

The Foundation of Augustinian-Calvinism

Posted in Book Reviews

The Foundation of Augustinian-Calvinism. By Ken Wilson. NP: Regula Fidei Press, 2019. 121 pp. Paper, $14.99. I have known Ken Wilson for many years, having been his professor for five or six online classes, including four semesters of Greek (second- and third-year master’s level). He showed himself to be an outstanding student and researcher. He