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Flying Can Be Trying 

June 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Dealing with frustrating situations, Flying woes, Travel delays

Due to Sharon’s cancer and chemo treatments, June 8-9 was a rare out of state trip for me. I went to Bayside Community Church in Tampa. I always enjoy speaking there and visiting with the people.    In the first service I spoke on the transformed life (Rom 12:1-21). In the second service I spoke on

How Wrong Interpretation Can Destroy Assurance

June 12, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, James 2:14-26, legalism, Lordship Salvation

I thought this was a good question about James 2: Have you seen any articles/books expand on the fact that the traditional interpretation of James 2:14-26 (saving faith has works, and non-saving faith doesn’t have works) leads to legalism and lack of assurance of salvation? Recently I read a Free Grace book (can’t remember which

God or Genie? A Lesson from Job

June 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - genie, God, Job, Worship

Job. He was the ideal man— righteous, upright, fearing God, shunning evil, and so concerned with holiness that he made sacrifices for sins that might have been committed by other people (i.e., his children, cf., Job 1:1-2, 5). No wonder God was especially pleased with Job, twice saying that no one else on earth was

Jesus in the Old Testament

June 10, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Christology, Christophanies

The following question just came to my inbox: Does Jesus Christ show up in the Old Testament? I say NO. He is a New Testament character only. Yes, predictions about a Messiah, but no Jesus. Abraham was justified due to his faith in God. There was no resurrection yet. Others insist Jesus was there. Help,

Dramatic Irony in Job

June 7, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - bible, Job, Suffering

Have you ever seen a performance of Romeo and Juliet? Near the end of the play, Juliet takes a drug that induces a temporary, but deathlike, sleep, to avoid marrying a man she does not love. To add to the drama, her body is placed in a tomb. To all appearance she seems dead. But

The Glory of the Lord (Mark 9:2-3)

June 6, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - glory, rewards, transfiguration

One of the exciting things about studying the Bible is that no matter how long we have been studying it, we can always learn something new. We have all studied a passage we have examined many times before and see something in it for the first time. I had such an experience this week. In

The Apostle Paul Versus Enlightened Political Correctness

June 5, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Female elders?, The historicity of the Gospels, Was Paul as misogynist?

I enjoy reading Imprimis, a monthly newsletter of Hillsdale College. I just read the February 2019 issue, entitled, “Shall We Defend Our Common History?” by Roger Kimball. I found parallels between modern political correctness and the way in which many seminaries discuss the writings of the authors of the New Testament. Kimball gives example after

Faithfulness in the Family (Ephesians 6:1-4)

June 4, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Child Training, discipline, Ephesians 6:1-4, parenting

Introduction The following is a condensed version of a message I delivered at the recent GES national conference. I think that the main application of most of Scripture is to believe what is being taught. If we believe what God’s Word says, then we gain what Paul calls “the mind of Christ” (1 Cor 2:16).

Different Levels of Faithfulness (2 Tim 4:10-11)

June 3, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - Demas, Perseverance, rewards

I love neat summaries. For example, the Bible sometimes will give a succinct principle, with examples, in a few verses. From these examples we can see how the principle works out in the lives of individuals. One such occurrence is found in 2 Tim 4:10-11. These verses come at the end of the book, as

Romans and Perseverance of the Saints

May 31, 2019 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, Perseverance, Sanctification

A reader recently wrote GES asking for comments on an article found online. The article deals with Romans 5-8. Click here for the article. In Romans 5-8, Paul deals with the Christian life. The main point of the article is that in these chapters Paul is saying that a productive Christian life is inevitable in