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Is There Such a Thing as Guilt-Free Evangelism?

October 5, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, The promise of life

My first two years on staff with Cru, we were encouraged to share our faith with multiple college students each week. But we had no quota we needed to reach. That changed in year three. We were required to witness to ten or more students per week one-on-one. When I spoke to the basketball and

John, Meet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37–38)

October 4, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Faithfulness, Herod Antipas, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Zedekiah

Jeremiah is widely recognized as a type of Christ. So many things in his life paralleled the life of Christ. But recently, I realized that Jeremiah also foreshadowed another important person in the New Testament. That person would be John the Baptist (JTB). There are also many parallels between JTB and the Lord Jesus. So,

What Is the Crown of Life in James 1:12?

October 3, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 1:12, the crown of life

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. God rewards us when we endure trials with love toward Him. That is the vital point James bring out in Jas 1:12. We are to

Can Someone Be Born Again, But Not Saved? Salvation in James

September 30, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - James 1:21, James 2:14, James 4:12, James 5:20, salvation in James

While preparing to introduce the epistle of James for a class I’m teaching, I researched what different leading conservative commentators say about salvation in James. What I found was surprising. I was familiar with three views. 1.The readers were believers who were saved forever. 2. The readers were believers who were saved, but who might

On the Winning Team (Mark 4:27-28)

September 29, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - harvest, Kingdom, Parable, rewards

For a short period of my life, one of my favorite people was a guy named Devega. We were in the army together. I had signed up to field a basketball team in a local church league. I was getting older, and my friends who were part of the team were as well. Fortunately, all

“The Best Job I Ever Had” (Mark 3:13-19)

September 28, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - disciples, rewards, Suffering

As an old army guy, I love a good war movie. One of those is the movie, Fury. It’s a story about a tank crew in World War II. There are five men in the crew, and they experience all the horrors of war together as they fight against Nazi Germany. They have been together

A Good Example (Jeremiah 35)

September 27, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - convictions, example, Rechabites

In a previous blog, I wrote about how in Jeremiah 34, we are given a negative example of the Jews in Jeremiah’s day concerning how they treated their slaves. In the very next chapter, Jeremiah gives a positive example that believers even today can learn from. Both the negative and positive examples given in these

Do Few People Believe They’re Eternally Secure Apart from Works?

September 26, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - few find the narrow way, Matthew 7:14

Not all people who identify themselves as holding to Free Grace Theology (FGT) agree that one must believe in Jesus for everlasting life/irrevocable salvation/permanent justification in order to be part of God’s forever family. In fact, some who profess to believe in FGT call that teaching a false gospel. One seminary professor, in criticizing the

A Bad Example (Jeremiah 34)

September 23, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - hypocrisy, love for God, slaves

The OT is full of examples to follow and examples to avoid. Paul says that we can learn from those examples (1 Cor 10:6). In a recent study on Jeremiah, I found that the book gives a bad example in one chapter, followed by a good example in the next. In this blog, I will

This Gospel Shall Be Preached to the Whole World (Matthew 24:14)

September 22, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Matthew 24:14, the gospel of the kingdom, the last days

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). The other day a friend asked if I thought that this verse shows that the Rapture is very soon. He said that studies show that every people