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Christians and the Coronavirus

March 23, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

Response #1: If the Lord Wills James 4:15 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor

The Saving Message Prior to Church Age

March 17, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Everlasting life in the OT, one or two saving messages?, Salvation in the OT

I received a question about what people in the OT had to believe in order to be saved: Hi. You said that in the Old Testament people had to believe in the coming Messiah to be saved. Is the message of everlasting life to the one who simply believes in the Old Testament? And where

Being Cut Off God’s Olive Tree (Romans 11:19-24)

March 13, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Being cut off from the olive tree, Eternal Security, OSAS, Romans 11:19-24

You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore, consider the goodness and severity

The Advent of the New Birth

March 9, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 3:7, Genesis 3:16, John 8:56, regeneration in the OT

A pastor asked me this excellent question: “Is it believed that when a person placed his faith in the Lord during the pre-cross dispensations, was he given eternal security/sealed with the Spirit, etc. or is that unique to the church age?” After I sent an initial reply, he followed up in this way: “Can you

The Day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 5:2

March 4, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Thess 5:2, Like a thief in the night, Matt 24:40-44, the Day of the Lord, the Rapture

For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. Like a Thief in the Night This expression only occurs three times in the NT: Matt 24:43; 1 Thess 5:2; and 2 Pet 3:10. Paul and Peter received this expression from the Lord’s teaching in the

LGBTQ Questions

March 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, gay weddings, Salvation for gays, salvation for transgenders

Here are two questions I have received in the last few weeks: Question #1: I have a cousin who was married for over thirty years. He decided to become a female, and he has changed his name to a female name and legally changed his sex status to female in Austin, though he still has

Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ

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Gospel Allegiance: What Faith in Jesus Misses for Salvation in Christ. By Matthew Bates. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2019. 269 pp. Paper, $17.99. This book is a follow up to Salvation by Allegiance Alone (SAA; cf. pp. 18-20). It is more of the same. The first book taught works salvation, but Bates did not

Eternity Is Now in Session: A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught about Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place

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Eternity Is Now in Session: A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught about Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place. By John Ortberg. Carol Streams, IL: Tyndale Momentum, 2018. 186 pp. Cloth, $17.99. The title and subtitle attracted my attention. When someone says he will say “what Jesus really taught,” I am skeptical.

Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did

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Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did. By Randy Newman. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel, 2004, 2017. 267 pp. Paper, $18.99. Randy Newman was for a time on college campus staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. Newman’s purpose is not to explain what the saving message is. For the most part, he assumes that

Testing Yourself Regarding God’s Approval and Disapproval (2 Corinthians 13:5-7)

March 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

Robert N. Wilkin Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION In the past, I wrote a short magazine article on this passage.1 There are several reasons why I felt it was important to write a longer article on these verses of Scripture. First, this passage is typically taken to mean that the believer must regularly