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When Two Crowds Collide (Luke 7:11-12)

October 24, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Death, Life, Luke 7:11-17, Nain, Resurrection

Luke is the only Gospel that records what the Lord did at the small village of Nain. He stopped a funeral in progress and raised a dead man back to life. I recently noticed something while studying this passage. Luke tells us that a crowd was following Jesus as He approached the town (Luke 7:11).

Is Grace School of Theology a Free Grace School?

October 23, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - David Anderson, Ken Wilson

I’ve known Dr. Dave Anderson, founder and President of Grace School of Theology (GSOT), for forty years. We were in the doctoral program together at DTS in the early eighties. From the mid-nineties until 2006, Dr. Anderson was a regular speaker at our annual conference. In fact, according to the conference evaluations, he was the

Digging and Digging Deep (Luke 6:48)

October 22, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Bible study, Exegesis, Luke 6:20-49, sermon on the plain

In Luke 6:48, the Lord is concluding His “Sermon on the Plain” (6:20-49). In the sermon, He had told His disciples how they were to live. He told them they needed to do some very difficult things. They needed to be humble, to love their enemies, and to pray for people who mistreated them, to

What Is the Role of Fearing God in the Christian Life?

October 21, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - fear of God, Fear of the Lord

The word fear occurs 470 times in the Bible–108 times in the NT and 362 times in the OT. Most of the time it refers to typical fear. We know that the fear of the Lord is “the beginning of wisdom” (Ps 111:10; Prov 9:10), is that which prolongs life (Prov 10:27), and is that

Don’t Take That Road (Proverbs 1:10-15)

October 18, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Bema, fool, Hebrews 11, Proverbs 1:10-33, wisdom

In high school, I remember reading Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” It describes Frost’s coming to a fork in the road and having to decide which of the two forest paths he would travel. He chose the one that was less traveled, and it was a great adventure. I suppose the point of

Did the Holy Spirit Empower Old Testament Believers to Obey Him?

October 17, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - The Holy Spirit and sanctification

Ron asks a great question: Has not fruitfulness, in any and all ages, been caused and enabled by the Holy Spirit, even if He did not permanently indwell all believers before the church age? In any age, if Joe Believer (not big names like Noah, Moses, and Daniel) sought to walk with God, didn’t the

Dispensationalism: It Might Be More Important Than You Think

October 16, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Baptism, Dispensationalism, Israel, John the Baptist

One of the characteristics of dispensationalism is that it makes a distinction between Israel and the Church. When you discuss such issues, it is common to hear people say that it is no big deal. We shouldn’t get bent out of shape over such things. There have been a lot of godly men and women

Was Paul Really Blameless Before He Came to Faith in Christ? Philippians 3:6

October 15, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Blameless concerning the righteousness which is in the law

“[I was a Pharisee]; concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless” (Phil 3:6). During a Zoom class on soteriology, the doctrine of salvation, a student asked me about Phil 3:6. Was Paul really blameless before God before he was born again? The word translated blameless is amemtos. It

Winning the Weak

October 14, 2024 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - 1 Cor 9:19-23, Bema, Gospel, Saved, winning people to Christ

In 1 Corinthians 9, the Apostle Paul states: …to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you (1 Cor 9:22-23). This well-known passage is

Logos Now Offers the Revised Edition of The Grace New Testament Commentary!

October 11, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Electronic NT Commentary, LOGOS

Bill Fiess, who teaches our very popular Logos course for the GES Seminary, informed me that Logos just released the revised edition of our commentary. The original version was in two volumes and had over 1,300 pages. The revised, one-volume edition is under 700 pages. Here is what Logos says about it: Overview Revised edition!