We aren’t a big ministry. Bob and I are the only full-time people. Bethany and Mark are both in the office, but part-time. Ken and Brad are offsite, and both part-time. But despite being small, I think we are productive. Six 48 page Grace in Focus issues a year. Two 100+ page Journal of the

Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) has done much good, teaching people the Bible. But I hope, like any other ministry, they are open to some constructive criticism. This past semester they went through the Gospel of John. I was disappointed to read how often the Notes changed the promise of life from a message of salvation

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). How does the truth make us free? Jesus was speaking to new believers (cf. John 8:30-31). He told them that if—if, not when!—they continued (or abided) in His teaching they would be genuine disciples. And then the truth of His

John Gerstner (1914-1996) was a Reformed theologian who strongly believed that doing good works are necessary in order to be justified. Here is an article called “The Antinomian Way of Justification,” where Gerstner criticizes Charles Ryrie, as well as Zane Hodges, for being “antinomian” because both denied that saving faith must necessarily be accompanied by

Saturday, July 15, I flew into Tampa, FL, arriving at 3 PM. After checking into my hotel, which is near Bayshore Boulevard and the Bay, I walked the quarter mile down to the Bay and then walked a few miles along the waterfront. It was a great walk. What a beautiful place this is. Arriving

My daughter and son-in-law are fans of the television show “Sherlock.” As is well known, Sherlock is a very intelligent sleuth, who is able to solve crimes and other mysteries through his intellect. His best friend is a man by the name of Dr. John Watson. Living in England, together they solve the most complicated

Have you ever seen the “COEXIST” bumper sticker? It takes the symbols of different religions—from Islam to Christianity—to spell the word, “coexist.” That bumper sticker sends two messages. The first message is social. No matter what your religion, we should all co-exist in society without doing violence to one another. Instead of Muslims fighting with

Many years ago there was a late night talks show hosted by Arsenio Hall. Each week he would have guests to interview. He would also do little comedy skits. One of these skits was called, “Things that make you say ‘hmmmmm….’.” In this segment Hall would point out how people contradict themselves. This could be

We just celebrated the Fourth of July. Of course, that is the day the United States celebrates the day when our Founding Fathers declared our independence from Great Britain. I recently saw one of the man in the street interviews where people were asked questions about the 4th of July. One question was, “In what

Jesus could give as good as He could get. The Jewish religious leaders would throw accusations at Jesus, and the Lord would throw barbs right back at ‘em. For example, they accused Jesus of breaking the Law because He healed on the Sabbath. But Jesus denied they kept the Law at all. “Didn’t Moses give