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“Therefore do not listen to your prophets…” (Jer 27:9). “Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets…” (Jer 23:16; 27:14, 16). “Do not listen to them” (Jer 27:17). […]

What were the highlights from this year’s conference_

The conference ended two and a half hours ago. I’m sitting at my desk in the office, reflecting. Here are some of the highlights as I remember them: We covered […]

Repentance in the Old Testament

Introduction The English word repent is only found ten times in the OT, and one of those ten (Num 23:19) is a statement that God does not repent. In the […]

May 23, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Faith
On What Do You Base Your Assurance_

Shawn Lazar, Ken Yates, and I received the following question via email: I read the affirmations of faith on the website (https://faithalone.org/beliefs) and saw a line that seems out of […]

May 22, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Cancer, Grief, Suffering, Surgery
God Is Faithful

On December 19, 2018, Sharon, my wife of 42 years, went in for a fairly routine surgery to remove a football-size benign ovarian cyst. It turns out that the cyst […]

Do born again people ever apostatize_

Free Grace people are united in saying that born again people are not immune to backsliding. Even Lordship Salvation people agree, though they would say that backsliding can’t last too […]

Did Jesus tell us to ask him for

The following comment recently appeared in a comment on one of our blogs, “According to Jesus, if you knew the gift of God and knew who He is who offers […]

Can believers who do not attend church do good works_

In a recent blog I suggested that Eph 2:10 is about local churches doing good works and thus about believers doing good works in and through their churches. I then […]

Where does it say in the Bible that understanding is a condition for saving faith_

Recently I wrote a blog in which I said that before faith in Christ can occur, a person must understand the promise of everlasting life which the Lord Jesus makes […]

Does Ephesians 2_10 say that all who are born again persevere in good works_

There is a great effort by many to soften the meaning of Eph 2:8-9 by suggesting that verse 10 means that while works are not the means of salvation, they […]

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The Crown of Righteousness: Loving His Appearing 

At the GES national conference this May, we will conduct a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the children. The theme this year is “The Crowns in the Kingdom.” Throughout the week,...

What Does it Mean for Our Transgressions to Be Removed as Far as the East Is From the West?

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about (Psalm 103:12) our transgressions being “removed” from us:...

The Purpose of First John, Part 2 What Saith the Lord? 

In part 1, I identified the major difference between the tests-of-life and the tests-of-fellowship views of First John. We saw that assurance of everlasting life is impossible for anyone who believes in the tests-of-life view.  While someone might prefer...

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