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How Do We Know There Is No Salvation for Fallen Angels?

January 18, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Salvation for fallen angels

After my Sunday school class, I was talking to Tom. I reminded him that there was no salvation for Lucifer and the angels who fell with him. Someone in the upcoming class overheard us and asked me if I could point to a verse saying that. No one ever asked me that before. Great question.

Free Grace in Moldova

January 17, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Missions, Moldova

Cypress Valley Bible Church in Marshall, TX has been involved in ministry in the country of Moldova for many years. Moldova borders Ukraine, and its history is intimately connected with Russia. Today, it is an independent country. As with most countries, there is very little Free Grace teaching in Moldova. The view that one can

How Can a Believing Spouse Sanctify an Unbelieving Spouse?

January 16, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Believer sanctifying his unbelieving spouse

A Grace in Focus radio listener from Hungary, K. E., asks a super question: 1 Corinthians 7:14 says, “For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.” How can an unbeliever be sanctified? What does

Children, Tobacco, and Assurance

January 15, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Assurance, boldness, Sanctification, Witness

When I was ten years old, I attended a family reunion in Kentucky. Two very distant cousins came to the reunion. They were brothers and were roughly my age. I had never met them, but we had a good time playing in a state park. They were very nice, but they were different. They both

What Will Those Who Become Believers During the Tribulation and Millennium Receive?

January 12, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Believer benefits in the Millennium

Elwyn asks a great question about what those who come to faith in Christ will receive in the Tribulation and the Millennium: With the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit required for new birth, what will the results be regarding the regeneration of believers in the Tribulation?  Because of the Rapture, they won’t be part

Not Who They Appear to Be

January 11, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - 2 Cor 11:14-15, 2 Cor 3:18, disguise, false teachers, Jas 1:23-24, Satan

Dave Chappelle is one of the most famous comedians in the world. In his most recent show, he tells the story of meeting another famous comedian, Jim Carrey, who was one of his idols. Carrey was filming a movie in which he played another comedian named Andy Kaufman. Kaufman had recently died. When Chappelle met

What Is the Prize for Finishing the Christian Race?

January 10, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - finishing the race, the prize

“And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown” (1 Cor 9:25). “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:14). Christians are tasked with finishing the

The Historical Jesus (Luke 3:1-2)

January 9, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Annas, Caiaphas, Herod Antipas, Inspiration, Pontius Pilate, Tiberias

When we read liberal theologians, we often run into the phrase “the historical Jesus.” What they mean is that the Jesus we read about in the NT is not the Person who really existed. The people who wrote the Bible changed the things He said in some cases, then embellished His actions. For example, He

Can Someone Believe John 3:16 But Choose Not to Have Everlasting Life?

January 8, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assensus, Fiducia, Notitia

I taught a two-week intersession course at Florida Bible College (FBC) in Kissimmee, FL back in 1990. I enjoyed my time there. One of the students related an illustration he’d heard about a young man who believed in Christ but didn’t want everlasting life. His parents had both died as unbelievers. The young man was

A Christian Atheist (Romans 1:32)

January 5, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Conscience, morality, Rom 1:26-32

Polls tell us that the number of self-described atheists in the United States is growing. The writings and teachings of leaders in a movement known as New Atheism have had an enormous impact, especially among the young. Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and Sam Harris are a few of these leaders. When some of these men