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A Servant Becomes a King

February 27, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Tim 2:12., Isa 42:1, Kingdom, Mark 10:45, Prov 30:21-23, Reign, Rev 19:16, Servant

Agur, a man of whom we know very little, wrote Proverbs 30. Most students of the Bible will recognize one of the characteristics of his writing. He likes to enumerate several things that have something in common, then up the number by one. Proverbs 30:21-23 is an example. Agur says that there are “three things”

How Do You Know What Your Spiritual Gift Is?

February 26, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Cor 12:1, Elements of Growing Spiritually, Spiritual Gifts

I have been in several churches that offered classes to help you determine what your spiritual gifts are. One church had a multiple-choice exam that told you what your gifts were. Scripture clearly teaches that each believer has at least one spiritual gift:i Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be

Hearing and Doing: An Opportunity

February 25, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Discipleship, Luke 8:11-15, Luke 8:21-25, rewards, Works

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it” (Luke 8:21). In Luke 8:21, the Lord stresses the importance of hearing and doing the wordi of God. Some take this verse as being addressed to unbelievers. They need to hear the

Which Study Bible Is Best?

February 24, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ryrie Study Bible, Soteriology, Thomas Nelson Study Bible

I am often asked this question. It is tough to answer, since so many factors are involved. Is the study Bible in question clear on the saving message? Six literal days of creation? Pre-tribulation Rapture? Dispensationalism? Eschatology? Eternal rewards? Inerrancy? Ecclesiology? Christology? Pneumatology? And so on. The most important feature in a study Bible is

Looking for Good Employees

February 21, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Fig Tree, Matt 24:45-47, Prov 27:18, Rev 22:12, rewards

I have a lot of respect for people who can start their own businesses. They’re able to take a chance and do something new. It’s like rolling the dice. It’s exciting. But they don’t take the safe route. In this area, I’m the opposite. I’m happy working for somebody who’s already started a profitable business.

In What Sense Is Everlasting Life the Gift of God?

February 20, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Free Gift, John 4:10, saving faith

In Eph 2:8-9, Paul says that everlasting life is “the gift of God.” Well, some object when I say that, because Paul actually says that salvation is the gift of God (“By grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God, not of works…”). But three verses earlier, Paul makes it clear

The Wages of Sin

February 19, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Jas 1:13-15, John 3:16; 5:24, Prov 28:1, Proverbs, Rom 6:23

Careful students of the Word of God have pointed out to me the deadly consequences of sin. Most Evangelicals say that sins send a person to the lake of fire. That is not true. A person who is cast into the lake of fire will be there because they did not believe in Jesus for

Why Sabbath Confusion Is Hazardous

February 18, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Tim 3:16-17, Acts 20:7-12, Mark 2:27, Sabbath

Chariots of Fire is one of my top ten movies of all time. I love track and field and I love overcomer movies. Eric Liddell, pronounced Little in England, was one of the stars of the movie. He was scheduled to run the hundred meters in the 1924 Paris Olympics. But one of the qualifying

Second Peter 2:22 Revisited

February 17, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 Kgs 11:1-13, 2 Peter 2:20-22, Backsliding, Christian sin, Prov 26:11

Second Peter 2:22 is often considered a problem text for the Free Grace position. Peter speaks of a person who has the “knowledge” of the Lord and Savior of Jesus Christ. Such a person has “escaped the pollution of the world.” He has lived a righteous life. Is this a description of a believer or

Three Additional Questions about the Righteous Person

February 14, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Peter 2:7-8, Lot, Righteous, Romans 1:17, Romans 4:4-5

On Monday, February 10, I wrote a blog on the expressions the righteous and the just in Scripture. See here. I’m writing an immediate follow–up because I received three excellent questions about what I failed to comment upon. Question 1: Why did Peter call Lot righteous in 2 Pet 2:7-8? Peter wrote that God “delivered