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Esau-An Example of a Believer (Hebrews 12:15-17)

October 10, 2016 by Kenneth Yates in Blog

by Ken Yates In Hebrews 12:15-17, the author gives Esau as an example to his readers. Here is what he says: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as

The Final Judgment

October 7, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Bob Wilkin, Final Judgment, Propitiation, Sin, Universal Atonement

by Zane Hodges In John’s well-known description of the Final Judgment in Revelation 20:11-14, we do not even find a reference to sins, much less a reference to unforgiven sins. Instead, we are told, “the dead were judged acording to theirworks, by the things which were written in the books” (Rev 20:12; italics added). To

Is Repentance the Flip Side of Faith?

October 6, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Faith, Repentance

by Bob Wilkin I heard it when I was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. I heard it in some of my classes at Dallas Theological Seminary. I’ve heard it a lot in the three decades since I graduated from seminary. It is often said that repentance is the flip side of faith. Imagine

Do Reformed Theologians Teach That Faith Is Obedience?

October 5, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Faith, Reformed Theology, Shawn Lazar

“I am aware of no recognized Calvinist or Reformed theologian who says that faith is obedience or that faith is perseverance.” So claimed Wayne Grudem in his “Free Grace” Theology: 5 Ways It Diminishes the Gospel (p. 74). But Grudem adds the caveat, “They will say that saving faith results in obedience and that faith

Future Salvation in the Book of Hebrews

October 4, 2016 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Hebrews, Hermeneutics, Ken Yates

Recently, I was doing some studying in the book of Hebrews. The book has always interested me because it is often used by people to say that a believer can lose his eternal salvation. Others say the book focuses on the fact if you are “really” saved you would never commit really bad sins. The

Houses, Lands, and Family—A Hundredfold

October 3, 2016 by Zane Hodges in Blog - Brad, Zane Hodges

So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and

Finishing Well

September 30, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Bob Wilkin, Perseverance, Rule with Christ

by Bob Wilkin My wife and I changed churches in 1992. We had been in a large Bible church. We moved to a small Plymouth Brethren church. Zane Hodges was one of the preachers at the church. I remember hearing teaching from him on perseverance that challenged my thinking. Before I went to the PB

The Wonder of Gratitude for Grace

September 28, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Grace, Gratitude, Shawn Lazar

by Shawn Lazar, excerpted from an article in the September/October edition of Grace in Focus We All Are Grateful When People Do Us Favors Of course, it is common enough to appreciate the small favors people do for us. Social life is filled with little kindnesses that differentiate friendship from mere civility. But such courtesies

God’s Love Poured Forth

September 27, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - God's Love, Romans 5:5, Zane Hodges

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from the January-February 2013 edition of Grace in Focus Romans 5:5. Now expectation does not result in shame, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. The expectation that is produced in us through enduring our trials and

Are You Blameless and Above Reproach?

September 22, 2016 by Bill Fiess in Blog

originally published in the July-August, 2014 edition of Grace in Focus Elders are to be Blameless There are only seven uses of the Greek word anenkletos (blameless, above reproach, irreproachable) in the New Testament. Three of these uses refer to one of the requirements of an elder (1 Tim 3:2; Titus 1:6) or a deacon