How is it possible that a person could be born again and not yet saved

While preparing to introduce the epistle of James for a class I’m teaching, I researched what different leading conservative commentators say about salvation in James. What I found was surprising. […]

September 29, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - harvest, Kingdom, Parable, rewards
What is our role in working for the Kingdom

For a short period of my life, one of my favorite people was a guy named Devega. We were in the army together. I had signed up to field a […]

September 28, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - disciples, rewards, Suffering
What is the best thing we can do with our lives

As an old army guy, I love a good war movie. One of those is the movie, Fury. It’s a story about a tank crew in World War II. There […]

September 27, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - convictions, example, Rechabites
What price would we accept for our convictions

In a previous blog, I wrote about how in Jeremiah 34, we are given a negative example of the Jews in Jeremiah’s day concerning how they treated their slaves. In […]

Are there people in God’s forever family who have never believed

Not all people who identify themselves as holding to Free Grace Theology (FGT) agree that one must believe in Jesus for everlasting life/irrevocable salvation/permanent justification in order to be part […]

September 23, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - hypocrisy, love for God, slaves
Why do we engage in the religious practices we take part in

The OT is full of examples to follow and examples to avoid. Paul says that we can learn from those examples (1 Cor 10:6). In a recent study on Jeremiah, […]

What is the gospel of the kingdom and are we supposed to be preaching it

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). The other […]

How does God show His love for us when we sin

When you read commentaries on the book of Jeremiah, chapters 30–33 are often called the Book of Consolation. This is because those chapters contain really good news for the Jews. […]

Are there different gospel messages for people of different cultures

The September 2022 issue of Christianity Today (CT) has an interview with an author, Justin Ariel Bailey, who wrote a book about engaging with theology and culture. The title of […]

September 19, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, Gospel, Lordship Salvation
Is there more than one gospel

The phrase a circular firing squad can be used in a humorous way. It describes a situation where people are attacking a common target, but wind up attacking themselves. When […]

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