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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

Nine Reliable Evidences of Justification by Faith apart from Works (Romans 3:28)

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

By Bob Wilkin “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” While working on a book on one hundred verses which prove that salvation is by faith alone, apart from works, I came across an interesting explanation of what Paul meant in Rom 3:28 when he

The Place of Failure in the Christian Life

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

By Bob Wilkin Over the years I’ve had lots of failures in life. I know we all have. But I’m more acutely aware of my own failures than I am of those of others. Have you ever felt like giving up on your job, your ministry in your church, or on some major responsibility you

No One Seeks God (Romans 3:11)

February 25, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - No one seeks God, Romans 3:11, spiritual deadness

There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. Here is a recent question I received: How to reconcile “no-one seeketh after God no not one” with free will to accept or reject God’s free gift? I think one is about the concept that man’s righteousness cannot make him justified, and the

The Holy Spirit Guiding and Empowering Believers

February 20, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - decision making and the will of God, Divine guidance, Proverbs 3:5-6

In the January-February Grace in Focus Magazine, Marcia Hornok wrote an article entitled, “Spiritual GPS.” I received a nice letter wondering if Marcia was “negating the idea of guidance by the Holy Spirit.” The reader points out that she is not charismatic, but that she and her husband “have repeatedly experienced God’s leading and supernatural

SBC President Says Once Saved, Always Saved—IF

February 13, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Always Saved, Eternal Security, Lordship Salvation, Once Saved, Perseverance of the Saints, Romans 11:17-21

J.D. Greear is the Pastor of the Summit Church in Durham, NC, and is the 62nd President of the Southern Baptist Convention. A few days ago, on Jan 29, 2020, he wrote a blog entitled “Beware of Complacency of ‘Once Saved, Always Saved.’” You can read his blog by clicking here. (See here for a

Aaron Rodgers Rejects Eternal Conscious Torment

February 11, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Aaron Rodgers and Theism, eternal conscious torment, Rob Bell and Aaron Rodgers

Famed Super Bowl winning and future Hall of Fame quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, lit up the internet when he spoke about how he rejected the faith of his family, the faith he was raised in. In an article entitled, “NFL Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Questions How Anyone Could Believe in God” (which