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Did Jesus Claim to Be God? Walking on Water (Mark 6:45-51)

May 11, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christology, Deity of Christ

Did Jesus claim to be God? And in the Synoptic Gospels did He claim to be God? In John’s Gospel Jesus’ deity is much more unambiguous and more explicit than in the Synoptics, and some academics have even claimed that in Matthew, Mark, or Luke, Jesus never claimed to be God. Is that true? In

Disciples Indeed (John 8:30-32)

May 8, 2020 by Ken Yates in Blog

On a recent episode of Grace in Focus Radio (April 17), Shawn and Bob discussed John 8:30-32. This is an often-misunderstood passage of Scripture. In verse 30 it says that while the Lord was speaking “many believed in Him.” This phrase is a standard phrase in the Gospel of John for those who are saved

Did Jesus Claim to Be God? Calming the Storm (Mark 4; Psalm 107)

May 7, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christology, deity

Did Jesus claim to be God? Consider the episode when Jesus stilled the storm: On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats

Joint Heirs with Christ IF We Suffer with Him (Romans 8:17-18)

May 6, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Rewards, Joint Heirs with Christ, Romans 8:17-18

On Sunday night, my wife Sharon showed me a video of a sermon she was watching. Sharon doesn’t watch sermons on her phone. Something must be special here. She was watching a video of the sermon that Pastor Bob Bryant of Cypress Valley Bible Church gave that Sunday. The sermon was on Rom 8:17-18 and

Coronavirus Disciplines: Praying for All the Saints (Ephesians 6:18)

May 5, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - coronavirus, prayers

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— (Eph 6:18). My prayer life is not as it should be. I’ve gone through different “phases” of prayer—a legalistic phase (complete with prayer book[s]), a mystical phase, and, frankly, many dry

The Implanted Word Is Able to Save Your Souls

May 4, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 1:21, salvation in Jame, salvation of the soul

During shelter in place, I received this question: Hello. In this article by Bob Wilkin, he states “In none of the four uses outside of our passage is eternal salvation in view.”  The first usage of the word save in the Book of James connects the word save to soul (“Therefore put away all filthiness

The Right Attitude During Coronavirus

May 1, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - coronavirus, thanking, thanks

Bill Fiess, frequent Grace in Focus contributor, sent me a reminder of the right attitude to have during the coronavirus lockdown. His email was to the point: I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Ps 34:1). In everything give thanks; for this is the will of

Coronavirus Disciplines: Remember the Prisoners (Hebrews 13:3)

April 30, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - coronavirus, spiritual disciplines

My grandmother (“Nanny”) has a studio apartment in a senior’s residence in Montreal. It’s like a little world all to itself, with its own restaurant, hair salon, and corner store. Nanny is an extrovert. She’s also “high energy” or what used to be called “hyper.” (Today she might be diagnosed as ADHD). She loves going

You Must Hang On to Be Spiritually Healthy!

April 29, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:2, Hebrews 3:14, holding fast, katechō, Luke 8:15

Recently I did a brief study on the Greek word katechō. What I found is that this word is an important word for discipleship. The leading dictionary of the Greek New Testament, BDAG, says one of the main meanings of this word is “to adhere firmly to traditions, convictions, or beliefs, hold to, hold fast”

Cochlear Implants and Free Grace Theology (Rev 2:7)

April 28, 2020 by Ken Yates in Blog

Most of us have seen the youtube videos of deaf people hearing for the first time. Sometimes the person involved lost his hearing at a young age and hasn’t heard for many years, and sometimes the people were born deaf. In any case, they have had some kind of procedure that now allows them to