March 19, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
It is much easier to interpret the Bible if we are open to the Bible meaning what it says.

A friend who is near ninety called me the other day to talk about Simon the magician in Acts 8. My friend said, “He was really born again, wasn’t he? […]

March 15, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
James 2_24

I recently responded to a question about whether the broken record approach can be turned against us. The questioner asked if a person we were witnessing to might just keep […]

March 14, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
‘Therefore thus says the Lord God_ “Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds.

I hadn’t given this passage much thought in the past. Then I got an email asking who hunts souls and what that is talking about. Ezekiel 13:18-23 talks about false […]

March 9, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
The word gospel

Recently our church completed reading through the four Gospels. I noticed as I read that the word gospel is used in the four Gospels in a way that is different […]

March 7, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
Apart from God drawing us and guiding us,

  I received the following email question that I think is super: A Calvinist friend said that if saving faith isn’t a gift, then it would seem to give a […]

March 2, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
The truth of God’s Word will win out to anyone who is open.

In the January-February 2018 issue of Grace in Focus Magazine, I wrote an article about the value in repeating clear evangelistic verses over and over again. I just received a […]

By Bob Wilkin Introduction How does growth occur in the Christian life? Is it by having an accountability partner? Prayer? Being in a small group? Attending church? Memorizing Scripture? Reading […]

March 1, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Journal Articles

Bob Wilkin1 Associate Editor I. INTRODUCTION The expression the outer darkness is found only three times in the Bible, all in Matthew’s Gospel (8:12; 22:13; and 25:30). In each case […]

February 28, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
Heed the distinction between eternal salvation and eternal rewards

I received this excellent email from B in California: I find it interesting that so many churches or denominations do not see the many references to rewards in the Bible. […]

February 26, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
God reserves the right to withdraw announced judgment.

Here’s a great question from T in Minnesota: I was reading I Samuel 15:29 where it says God does not change his mind. I find this confusing. Did he not […]

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