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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

When a Righteous Person Disappoints (2 Tim 4:10)

February 13, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Pet 2:20-22, 2 Tim 4:10, Demas, Prov 25:25-26, Proverbs

Many people in churches today believe that a true believer cannot fail morally, at least not too badly. If such a person “backslides” for an extended period, it shows he is a false professor, according to their theology. Those who understand the grace of God know that such theology is nonsense. The Bible teaches that

The Baleful Bashing of Belief

February 12, 2025 by Zane Hodges in Blog - faith as persuasion, Lordship Salvation, Romans 4:3

*The following is from the conclusion of chapter 2 of Absolutely Free: A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation, pp. 31-32. In a justly famous passage about Abraham, the great Biblical model of saving faith, Paul writes these words: “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness’”

Four Very Successful Women Farmers (Luke 8:8)

February 11, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Eternal Rewards, Luke 24:10, Luke 7:36-50, Luke 8:1-3, Luke 8:4-15, Mary Magdalene

Luke 8:4-15 presets Luke’s version of the parable of the four soils. Most readers of this blog are familiar with this parable that the Lord taught. One of the differences between Luke’s version and Mark’s is found in Luke 8:8. Mark says that good soil produces a crop of thirty, sixty or a hundredfold (Mark

Whom Does Scripture Call Righteous?

February 10, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - “Righteous” in Bible, just, Psalm 1, Righteous

Many in Christianity think that whenever the Bible refers to the righteous, it is talking about those who are born again. In this view, whoever is righteous in his position before God—that is, justified––is also righteous in his experience. Some in Christianity say that if a righteous person stops living righteously, he loses everlasting life

Do You Know What a Presbyterian Is?

February 7, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - church history, ecclesiology, Presbyterian

I am a bit embarrassed to admit that before reading The Pilgrim Church by Broadbent I had only a vague idea of what a Presbyterian is. What about you? Do you know what distinguishes a Presbyterian from a Baptist? Presbyterianism arose during the Reformation. During that time, there were four main segments of Christendom: Catholics,

The Secrets of a King

February 6, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Proverbs, Proverbs 25:3, Ruler

The bombing of the English city of Coventry by the German Air Force in November of 1940 was devastating. Much of the city was destroyed. Almost 600 people died. Years later, a man associated with British military intelligence wrote a book with a blockbuster revelation. He claimed that Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew that the

Have You Laid Hold on Eternal Life?

February 5, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Timothy 6:12, 1 Timothy 6:19

In 1 Timothy 6:12 Paul said, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” Timothy, like all believers, already had everlasting life. So why would Paul command him to lay hold on it? And

Water for the Thirsty

February 4, 2025 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Free Gift, Isaiah 55:1-3, John 4, Living Water

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog discussing the gospel in the book of Isaiah. You can check out that blog here. Isaiah is not an evangelistic book. Rather, Isaiah addresses the nation of Israel and its rebellion. Due to its sin, the Lord disciplined the nation in the seventy-year captivity of Babylon. However,