Bob Wilkin – Page 231 – Grace Evangelical Society

Assurance and Belief in Predestination

April 19, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ephesians 1:5, Predestination and assurance, Romans 8:29-30

I received a letter asking a great question: “Does the doctrine of predestination destroy one’s assurance of salvation? How can he ever have assurance if he is not sure he is predestined to be saved?” The short answer is that he can’t be sure he has everlasting life. Predestination to salvation is a doctrine held

The Role of Dreams and Visions in Muslims Coming to Faith in Christ

April 17, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Missions, Muslim coming to faith in Christ via dreams, Muslim evangelism

Pastor Bob Vacendak and I were talking on the phone the other day. The subject of Muslims reportedly seeing Jesus in dreams and visions came up. We had a nice discussion. The next day Bob sent me an article by Sam Martyn (a pseudonym) entitled, “The Role of Pre-Conversion Dreams and Visions in Islamic Contexts:

From Devout Roman Catholic to Agnostic

April 15, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Absolutes, Agnosticism, apologetics, Jared Bilski, parenting

My sister sent me a blog about a Washington Post article by Jared Bilski entitled, “I’m not passing my parents’ religion on to my kids, but I am teaching their values.” You can read the article here. The blog, by Dr. Jim Denison, covered four main points. You can read his blog here. Bilski grew

Fire Insurance Evangelism

April 11, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Fire insurance evangelism, John 3:16, saving faith

Many object to the practice of some evangelists who say that if you believe in Jesus, then you will be saved from eternal condemnation. They say that is just fire insurance. John Piper has a November 8, 2017, post entitled, “Jesus Isn’t Your Insurance Policy” (see here). He writes, What is this [saving] faith?…It is

The Feel-Good Gospel

April 8, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Feel-good gospel, Free Grace Theology, John MacArthur, Lordship Salvation, The Gospel According to Jesus

The following is adapted from one section of Chapter 1 of my book A Gospel of Doubt, a response to Dr. John MacArthur’s book The Gospel According to Jesus. The first chapter of the third edition of John MacArthur’s The Gospel According to Jesus is entitled, “Follow Me.” It is a new chapter which was

Perseverance in Marathons and in the Ultimate Race

April 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 2 Timothy 2:12, Costly Rewards, Free Salvation

I started training in November. I had hoped to compete in the Cowtown Marathon in Ft. Worth, which I’ve finished three times. But then Sharon was diagnosed with a large ovarian cyst that turned out to be cancer. The chemo treatments were such that February 24 was not a good time for us. So, I

Romans 12:1-21, The Transformed Life: Victor Street Bible Chapel, 2019

From April 4, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Audio

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Romans 11:1-36, The Doctrine of Delay: Victor Street Bible Chapel, 2019

From April 4, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Audio

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The Eternal Dwelling Place for Believers Is Not Heaven—Humans Were Made to Live on Earth with Physical Bodies

April 2, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog

The following is one section from Chapter 5 (“Heaven”) of my book The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible. When I was on Staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, we used to sing a song at our weekly on-campus meetings. It was a chorus called, “Heaven Is a Wonderful Place.” We’d sing about how

The Transformed Life (Romans 12:1-21)

March 27, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Romans 12:1-2, Romans 12:1-21, Transformation

Do you know someone who is wasting their life? Maybe this person is an alcoholic. Maybe he or she is hooked on opioids. Or maybe the problem is simply that the person does not work, does not help others, and is not engaged in life. If that someone is your child, a friend, a loved