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Does the Triumphal Entry Point to Resurrection Sunday?

April 18, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Easter, Palm Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, Triumphal Entry, Zechariah 9:9-10

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey (Zech 9:9). Zechariah 9:9 is a famous prophecy about Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We call this Palm

Moving in the Right Direction (Mark 12:34)

April 17, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 Cor 3:10-15, Eternal Rewards, Heb 11:26, Mark 12:34, rewards, Rom 14:12

When I was studying Spanish, I would listen to sermons in Spanish from a church in Mexico called Casa de Oración (“House of Prayer”). The pastor spoke distinctly, which helped me understand the language. He was an Arminian, believing a believer could lose eternal salvation. Sometimes he said that if a Christian continues in sin,

What Is Dispensationalism? Part 2

April 16, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Dispensationalism, Dispensations, Law of Moses, Laws

Even non-dispensationalists recognize that the commands of the NT are not the same as the commands under the Law of Moses and that the commands before the Law of Moses were different still. Scofield, in his study Bible, suggested that there are seven total dispensations, with one of those, which he called kingdom, being future.

A Prisoner of Spiritual Warfare

April 15, 2025 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - 2 Tim 2:3-4, Matt 25:24-29, Phil 1:21-22, Spiritual Warfare.

During the Vietnam War, a Navy Petty Officer Doug Hegdahl accidentally fell off his ship on April 6th, 1967 and was taken captive by the North Vietnamese. He was held as a prisoner of war (POW) at the Hanoi Hilton, a Vietnamese prison notorious for its brutality and poor living conditions. His seemingly absurd story

What Is Dispensationalism? Part 1

April 14, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Dispensationalism, Dispensations, Distinction between Israel and the Church, Hermeneutics

The topic for our May 19-22 annual conference is “Dispensationalism and Eternal Rewards.” Many people do not know what dispensationalism is. The word dispensation occurs in some English translations (KJV, NKJV, ASV, JUB, Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible, TMB, YLT, Wycliffe) in four NT verses (1 Cor 9:17; Eph 1:10; 3:2; Col 1:25). Other translations of those

Is Lordship Salvation a Pejorative Expression?

April 11, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Free Grace, Lordship, Lordship Salvation

Recently I wrote a blog (see here) about whether the label no-lordship is a fair designation of Free Grace Theology. I suggested that it is pejorative since it suggests either that we do not believe in the Lordship of Jesus Christ or we do not proclaim it. Neither is true. That label is not fair.

Making an Impact

April 10, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Pet 3:11, 2 Tim 2:12., Eternal Rewards, Luke 19:15-19, reigning, reigning with Christ, Rev 10:4, Rev 21:1-5, rewards, Rom 8:17

I recently saw a poster with an Apple Watch on it. It was not an advertisement. Instead, it showed the different small components of the watch, along with a quote from the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs. He said, “We are here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why else are we here?”

Is Free Grace Salvation Actually “No-lordship”?

April 9, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - easy believism, Free Grace Theology, John MacArthur, Lordship Salvation

Lordship Salvation advocates do not call the theology of Zane Hodges, GES, and others in our movement, Free Grace Theology. They have coined a name that they believe better captures our view. They call our view “easy-believism”i or “no-lordship.” In this blog, I will consider the latter label. The label “no-lordship” occurs, for example, in

Free Grace and Spanish Speakers

April 8, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Missions, Spanish, Spanish Ministry

I just returned from a conference that GES took part in in a place called Zozutla, Mexico. Marino Martinez headed up the conference and invited me to be a part of it. The conference was on the Judgment Seat of Christ and rewards in the coming kingdom. The conference lasted three days. I thought I

How and Why Does God Discipline Believers?

April 7, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Blessing and cursing, discipline, divine discipline, Proverbs 13:24

Brad asks a very simple question: “How and why does God discipline believers today?” Why does God discipline believers? The answer is simple. He does so because He loves us. Proverbs 13:24 says, He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly God is our heavenly Father. He