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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!

When Going Overboard Is a Good Thing

October 10, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - evangelism, Grace, Witness

A few days ago, while we were in the car, my eight-year-old grandson said, “Poppy, I am going to ask you a question. But I don’t want you to go overboard.” I realized it was his opinion that I’d talk too much when I answered his question. I told him I would do my best

Do Deceased Believers Have Temporary Bodies Until the Rapture?

October 9, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Moses at Jesus’ transfiguration, Samuel and the witch at Endor

Diane asks a great question that is of interest to all of us: I should probably know the answer to this question, but as I thought about it, I realize that I’m not sure. Does the person who enters into God’s presence get a “temporary body?” I know they haven’t been raised from the grave yet,

When Theology Doesn’t Fit

October 8, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Calvinism, Lordship Salvation, Luke 6:20-46, Sanctification

As a past military chaplain, as well as a civilian who currently spends a great deal of time discussing theology with others, I run into one system of theology more than any other. Some call it Calvinism. Others refer to it as Lordship Salvation. Whatever name it goes by, one of its tenets is that

Certainty and Uncertainty in the Christian Life

October 7, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - decision-making, Uncertainty

Recently I produced a short video about Joni Eareckson Tada’s view that God does not speak to us verbally or with impression today, but only through His Word. See here if you are interested. Toward the end of the video, I indicated that because God does not tell us what job to take, where to

A Mathematical Equation

October 4, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 Peter 1:5-11, rewards, Sanctification

It has been a very long time, but when I was in college, I took a lot of math courses. I have forgotten 90 percent of what I was taught, but I vaguely remember one thing. You can add something to one side of a mathematical equation as long as you add the same thing

How Do We Know Everlasting Life Is Everlasting?

October 3, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, OSAS

One of my seminary professors and the person who ordained me, Dr. Charles Ryrie, famously quipped that if everlasting life could be lost, then it has the wrong name. There are various ways in which people who do not believe in eternal security get around Dr. Ryrie’s objection. Here are two common ways: 1) Everlasting

Success in Fishing Doesn’t Come Free

October 2, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - belief, Disciple, Grace, John 1:37-42, Mark 1:16-20, Works

One of the characteristics of Free Grace Theology is that it makes a distinction between a believer and a disciple. A believer is somebody who has believed in Jesus for eternal life. They receive it as a gift. Works play no part in it whatsoever. A disciple is a believer who follows Christ in obedience.

Did John MacArthur Hold the Free Grace Position before 1980?

October 1, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John MacArthur's heart valve surgery, MacArthur’s Free Grace days

Eugene sent me an interesting challenge in an email: In your YouTube video on John MacArthur’s gospel, you mentioned that he made some changes in 1980. I have done some searching on the web but have not found anything very thorough. I did see an interview where he and Piper talked about what Puritan writings