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Can Faith Without Works Save? – James 2:14

September 1, 1994 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? This one little verse is used possibly more than any other by Lordship Salvationists to advance their case. In this article I will show why the arguments they use from this verse simply are

Is Confessing Christ a Condition of Salvation? – Matthew 10:32-33

July 1, 1994 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Many evangelists use this verse to motivate seekers to walk down the aisle. They quote the verse and then

What Is the Anathema of Galatians 1:8-9? Are All Who Preach a False Gospel Eternally Condemned?

May 1, 1994 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. Late last

Believers Who Play With Fire Get Burned – John 15:6

May 1, 1994 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. In this section of the Upper Room Discourse (15:1-8), Jesus illustrates discipleship using the metaphor of growing grapes. Jesus presents Himself as the true

Ashamed of the Gospel. When the Church Becomes Like the World

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Ashamed of the Gospel. When the Church Becomes Like the World. By John F. MacArthur, Jr. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 1993. 254 pp. Cloth, $17.99. Having been concerned for years about some aspects of the modern church-growth movement, I hoped to find in this book careful analysis of the problems or potential problems. I was partially

The Gospel According to Matthew

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The Gospel According to Matthew. By Leon Morris. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992. 781 pp. Cloth, $39.95. Here is a well written, scholarly, thorough treatment of Matthew’s Gospel. However, it is flawed by a strong and consistent Lordship Salvation position. Concerning Matt 5:20 Morris followed a statement concerning God’s grace in salvation

Matthew: Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

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Matthew: Expository Thoughts on the Gospels. By J. C. Ryle. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 1993. 296 pp. Paper, $12.99. This commentary, originally published in 1860, is part of the Crossway Classic Commentaries. It was republished, as is noted above, in 1993. Anglican bishop J. C. Ryle (1816–1900) wrote this book at a popular level, so it

He Is Able To Keep You From Stumbling! – Jude 24

January 1, 1994 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy God is able, according to Jude, to keep every believer from stumbling, that is, from experiencing major moral or doctrinal failure. A key interpretive question here is whether Jude was

Who Are The Outsiders? — Revelation 22:14-17

November 1, 1993 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

This article is a follow-up to my article in the last issue on Rev 21:8. Some pastors and theologians use Rev 21:8 and 22:15 to try and prove that all “true” Christians persevere in the faith. In my previous article I showed that Rev 21:8 does not support that view. In this article I will

GES Journal Critically Reviews MacArthur’s Faith Works

November 1, 1993 by Bob Wilkin in Grace in Focus Articles

As mentioned below, Dallas Seminary ran a favorable review of John MacArthur’s latest defense of Lordship Salvation, his book called Faith Works: The Gospel According to the Apostles. In the Autumn 1993 issue of our journal, we also review that book. However, our review is not favorable. Due to the importance of the book, we