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Are You Getting Paid to Help Others?*

May 12, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 2:14-17, Motivation For Serving, Profitable, what does it profit?

*This blog was originally published on March 28:2016. It has been slightly revised. Let’s say that every Christian was paid daily by God for the work he did that day. He’d be paid for use of his time, talent, and treasure to help the poor and needy, love his spouse and kids, be hospitable, let

Does John 6:37 Teach Election to Everlasting Life?

May 9, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Election, Election to everlasting life, John 6:37

Tom asked the following question: A Calvinist cited John 6:37, which says, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me,” to argue in favor of election unto everlasting life. How shall I reply?  Coming to Jesus in John’s Gospel––including in chapter 6 (see verse 35, two verses earlier)––refers to believing in Him.  There is nothing about election in John 6:37. Giving

Get in the Game

May 8, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Failure, Luke 19:12-25, rewards, Servant

If you’ve ever watched a Little League baseball game, there’s always a guy on the bench waiting to play. He wants to hear the coach say, “Billy, get in the game.” No doubt he is nervous, but he’s thrilled when he hears those words. Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players ever. For

Does God Value Beauty?

May 7, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Attributes of God, Beauty, Creation, glory

I think the first time I asked myself this question was when I heard an ETS presentation in which the speaker was talking about beauty. He suggested that the reason we have billions upon billions of planets and stars is because God loves beauty. His entire message consisted of Biblical proofs that God loves beauty.

No Root, No Fruit, No God

May 6, 2025 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Calvinism, fruit, Isaiah 5, John MacArthur, Root, vineyard

Many catchphrases that get tossed around the church today have caused confusion. One such expression is, “No root, no fruit.” The idea is that if a person is not producing spiritual fruit––meaning that they are not living righteously and following the Lord in obedience––then they have not truly been born again. If there is no

Four Reasons Why Jesus’ Resurrection Good News for Us

May 5, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15, Christ's Resurrection, good news, Resurrection

Certain chapters in the Bible are known to proclaim a particular theme. The creation chapters are Genesis 1–2. The love chapter? 1 Corinthians 13. The Millennium chapter? Revelation 20. The repentance chapter? Luke 15. While Jesus resurrection is reported in all four Gospels and Acts and in nearly every NT book, there is one chapter

Does God Love Everyone Equally?

May 2, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:9-13, Jude 20-21

I received an email question from Tim: “Does God love everyone equally?” He went on to express his ideas: “God obviously loves the whole world (John 3:16), but are there degrees to His love that He gives to different people? Does He love the righteous more than the wicked?” Those are great questions. Great care

Learning More about Christ (Luke 9:10-17)

May 1, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - feeding of the multitude, Heb 2:17-19, High Priest, Luke 9:1-17, Sanctification

The disciples knew that Jesus was the Christ. They believed in Him for eternal life. They proclaimed these truths throughout Galilee after Jesus sent them out to preach and gave them the power to perform miracles. The miracles they did showed that the message they preached was the truth (Luke 9:1-6). But the disciples still

What is “the Way” in the Bible?

April 30, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - righteousness, Sheol, The Way

The expression the way occurs a lot in the Bible. It occurs 39 times in the NT and 215 times in the OT. Occasionally, the way refers to Christ. He said, “I am the way…” (John 14:6). Five times in Acts, Christianity is called the Way (Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 24:14, 22)—capitalized in the NKJV.

Ben Shapiro and Assurance

April 29, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, eternal life, John 14:2-3, John 6:47, Kingdom, Revelation 21-22

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator. He is an orthodox Jew and takes his religious faith seriously. As a result, many on the left wing of the political spectrum have made him a target. They defame him regularly. He has often been in physical danger. Shapiro is impressive. He has a brilliant mind and