Did Lazarus believe in Jesus for his salvation

  On April 2, 2018 we published a blog I wrote about the rich man’s preaching in hell as found in Luke 16:19-31. See here. Since then two major questions […]

Trust and faith have different meanings.

I received a handwritten letter (yes, some people still do that!) asking the question which is the title of this blog. The question concerned a November-December 2017 Grace in Focus […]

April 2, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Repentance
What should we learn from the Rich Man's

  A friend at church told me that he has been asked to explain the rich man and Lazarus. Another friend overhead and said that he too has been asked […]

March 28, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Faith, saving faith
Is the object of faith

A week ago (March 20) I received this excellent email question: I am re-reading The Ten Most Understood Words in the Bible. I am having a problem reconciling a statement […]

March 26, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
We are simply beggars who have found the source of Bread.

  In a recent blog about the broken-record approach to evangelism, I said that “the truth of God’s Word will win out to anyone who is open.” I then received […]

March 23, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
If God can see the future before it occurs...then He does not force events to turn out a certain way.

  I received the question that is the title of this article from a blog reader. He indicated he leans toward Open Theism. After I responded to that, he asked, […]

March 21, 2018 by Bob Wilkin in Blog
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven._

I recently received this email question: How do you interpret Matthew 7:21? This has always been a stumbling block for me. If I had a nickel for every time I’d […]

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 […]

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