Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim 2:3) Technically, I was a soldier for over 20 years. But I was not a real soldier. I was a chaplain. As a chaplain I was an officer and I got many benefits that a real soldier did not. If things got

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be

…for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal 3:21b) When a soldier decides to join one of the elite units in the Army, he must go through very tough training. My best friend when I was in the Army did that

I recently got a text from a friend of mine. He reminded me of a conversation we had recently where we both pointed out that those outside of the Free Grace movement often lay the charge that the Free Grace view of eternal life cannot be true. We hold that eternal life is a free

GES emphasizes the fact that a person receives eternal life by faith alone in Christ alone. This life, by definition, cannot be lost. We know we have it because of the promise of Christ Himself. It is right that we emphasize such things. However, when we believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life we also

…it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (Jude 3) Bob Wilkin has recently blogged a couple of times about the recently completed GES National Conference. The first one was prior to the conference and the

Many people believe that Acts 6 is the account of the first deacons of the church. They may be right. However, the word deacon does not exist in the chapter, although the similar word for “service” does. (For example, in verse two it makes a reference to “serving” tables.) I am told that what the