Beware of Tradition

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by Bob Wilkin The word tradition does not have favorable connotations in the New Testament. While Free Grace people can see the flaws in the Calvinist and Arminian traditions, we tend to be blind to the flaws in our own flavor of Free Grace Theology (FGT). We all must be like the Bereans of Acts
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Salvation by Self Denial?

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by Bob Wilkin Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to
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The Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13)

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A few years ago I was one of four authors, including Tom Schreiner, James D. G. Dunn, and Michael Barber, for a book called Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment. In my portion of the book one of the things I discussed was this parable (pp. 36-37). A reader brought
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Faith and Feelings

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by Bob Wilkin In our postmodern culture it has become increasingly popular to speak of faith in Christ as having had a personal encounter with Him. Many pastors and theologians say that faith is personal, not propositional. What does a personal encounter with Jesus feel like? That is the issue in assurance for many so-called
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How a Common Christmas Passage is Distorted in Modern Theology

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Why “He will save His people from their sins” doesn’t mean what most Christians think by Bob Wilkin “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Most pastors and authors suggest that what an angel told Joseph concerned the spiritual
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A Great Opportunity to Proclaim the Gospel

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by Bob Wilkin, originally published in the March-April 2003 Newsletter of the Grace Evangelical Society In June of last year something odd happened in Loxley, Alabama. Pastor Orlando Bethel was preaching a funeral for a man who had died of prostate cancer. Pastor Bethel had a tough task, for the man who died had not
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Spend Less than You Make

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by Bob Wilkin My parents were young adults in the Depression. My oldest sister, Roberta, was born in 1938, near the end of the Depression. My parents taught me an important principle: spend less money than you make. While in seminary Sharon and I followed the financial teachings and budgeting advice of Larry Burkett. His
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Christianity for the Emotionally Damaged

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by Bob Wilkin When I was a student at DTS, Dr. Walvoord, then the President, commented in chapel about the problem the seminary had of students who had major moral problems. A student had been arrested that week and it was widely known on campus. Dr. Walvoord said something close to this: We give extensive
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Sexual Sins and the Body of Christ: Dealing with Immorality in the Church Without Altering the Gospel or Undermining Assurance

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by Bob Wilkin, excerpted from the June/July 1988 Newsletter of the Grace Evangelical Society Sexual immorality is rampant today. The seventies and eighties have been an era of free sex. Unfortunately, the problem of sexual immorality did not bypass the body of Christ. Studies show that sexual immorality (e.g., premarital sex, adultery, homosexuality, incest, lusting
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