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Review of Allan Chapple’s “Jesus’ Intervention in the Temple: Once or Twice?”

March 1, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

When our journal first started we had a section in which we did journal reviews. However, over time we followed the lead of many journals and stopped doing journal reviews. This article1 by Allan Chapple is so timely and well-written that it demands a special review. I. FOUR POSSIBLE VIEWS EXPLAINED The author begins by

Grace, Salvation, and Discipleship: How to Understand Some Difficult Bible Passages

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Grace, Salvation, and Discipleship: How to Understand Some Difficult Bible Passages. By Charles C. Bing. NP: Grace Theology Press, 2015. 290 pp. Cloth, $17.00. Charlie Bing has written a book that is extremely helpful in explaining many difficult passages. There is a Scripture Index, which is very helpful. It makes it easy to find what

A Theology of Mark’s Gospel: Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God

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A Theology of Mark’s Gospel: Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. By David E. Garland. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015. 651 pp. Cloth, $44.99. David Garland teaches at Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University. This beautiful and massive book is a Biblical Theology of Mark and not a commentary. The difference is

Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationism

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Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationism. John Hart, editor. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2015. 276 pp. Paper, $19.99. John Hart is a Professor of Bible at Moody Bible Institute. He has taught at MBI for over thirty years. He is the editor of this work as well as one of its authors.

The Danger of Seeking to Make a Name for Yourself

March 1, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

The Warning of Zane Hodges in 1983 I was taking a Greek course on the exegesis of James and the Johannine epistles with Zane Hodges as my professor. I remember the day we discussed Jas 4:4, which says, “Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to

Why Might Believers Have Shame at Christ’s Coming? — Another Look at 1 John 2:28

March 1, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Introduction Zane Hodges calls 1 John 2:28 the theme verse for the epistle. It reads, And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence [or boldness] and not be ashamed before Him at His coming [parousia]. Arminians and Calvinists see this as a warning regarding eternal destiny. The believer

Universalism: Will God Save Everyone?

January 1, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

What Is Universalism? Universalism is the belief that every person who has ever lived or who will ever live will spend eternity with the Lord Jesus Christ in His kingdom. In this view the lake of fire will have only fallen angels and demons as its residents. No humans will live there. That, of course,

Our Citizenship Is in Heaven (Philippians 3:17-21)

January 1, 2016 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

What do you think about politics in the United States today? Are you encouraged by the work of the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the President? Do you find that our leaders are doing a good job of promoting godliness in our country? What about the politics in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the

The Range of Inerrancy: Correction and Clarifications

November 1, 2015 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

In the May/June issue of Grace in Focus Magazine I reviewed a book by Dr. Craig Blomberg, Can We Still Believe the Bible? After the article appeared, I was very sorry to learn that I had misrepresented Blomberg. I made it seem that he personally held to the interpretations of particular passages that he merely

Trust the Word: Postmodernism and Theological Education (Part 2)

September 1, 2015 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Doubt Is the Opposite of Belief To believe is to be persuaded, to be convinced that something is true. If you believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, you are convinced that is true. If you doubt that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, you are not convinced. To have doubts is to remain unconvinced. I