In Luke 4:18-27, Jesus preaches a sermon in the synagogue at Nazareth. In the sermon, He mentions two OT Gentiles—one a widow, the other a military leader—who responded favorably to what God was saying […]
In Acts 27–28, Paul is traveling to Rome to stand trial. A Roman centurion named Julius is assigned the responsibility of transporting him there. Julius is a pagan, and we […]
In today’s podcast, Sam and I were discussing the Lord’s seven “I am” statements in John’s Gospel. I said they were all evangelistic. But when I got to “I am the light of the […]
We have all made promises we were not able to keep. When we made the promise, we probably intended to keep it. But something came up, and we changed our minds. The cost of maintaining our […]
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming (1 John 2:28). What did John […]
All of us have had spiritual leaders we admired. We have all taken that admiration too far, developing blind spots. We don’t see their faults. If they taught something, and someone challenges […]
At the last GES national conference, Geoff Stevens spoke on the dismantling of dispensationalism. One of the points of his presentation is that if we reject a plain, common-sense way […]
On February 11, I taught the Ludwick Bible study, and this was one of the questions we considered. I think it is a super question. In this question, salvation means regeneration, being born again. While the NT most often uses salvation to refer to deliverance from […]
In three previous blogs (see HERE- Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3), I pointed out that the Lord uses the illustration of lighting a lamp and placing it […]
This year, at the GES 2026 National Conference (May 18–21), we are offering VBS for kids from 5-10 years old. We’re not simply offering childcare. GES is seeking an intentional, […]
After church on Sunday, Stan asked if I knew why the KJV translated baptizō as “baptize” rather than “immerse.” I knew that they had transliterated the Greek word rather translating it to show its meaning....
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a common question these days. It seems most popular to...
Tuck Everlasting, a fantasy novel by Natalie Babitt, explores the consequences of immortality. In the story, a young girl named Winnie Foster meets the Tuck family. She later finds...
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