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Go for It!

August 29, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 Cor 4:2, Faithful, Matt 24:45-46, Servant, Steward

Arthur Ashe was one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. He won five Grand Slam tennis titles, including Wimbledon. He reached this level of success even though he was a black man who had to overcome racism in the South. As a young boy, he was not allowed to use certain athletic facilities

The Judgment Seat of Jacob (Genesis 49:1–28)

August 28, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bema, Eternal Rewards, Genesis 49, Israel, Jacob, Judgement, tribes, twelve tribes

I have entitled Genesis, Chapter 49, “The Judgment Seat of Jacob.” Jacob, also called Israel, judged his sons and handed out rewards. In these chapters we find a foreshadowing of the Judgment Seat of Christ for Christians. The order in which Jacob judges his sons is in keeping with their mothers. The first six sons

Showing Mercy after the Texas Flood

August 27, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Faith, Jer 29:12, Prayer, Suffering

On July 4, a devastating flood hit the Texas Hill Country. At least 130 people lost their lives. Many of them were children and teenage counselors who were at a Christian summer camp for girls. Many heartbreaking stories have come from this event. They have been related in numerous sermons and shared in the national

Is Evangelism People Seeing Jesus in You?

August 26, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Higher life movement, Keswick theology

A friend named Mike gave me a book by a famous author. The book is primarily about sanctification. However, it touches on evangelism, since those who follow Christ should freely evangelize all who will listen. The author follows a tradition of Christian thought called Keswick (pronounced keh-zick) theology. It is also known as Higher Life

The Sun: Friend or Foe?

August 25, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Tim 2:12, Acts 8:41, Luke 9:11–15, Mark 4:13–20; Luke 8:4–8, Mark 4:3–9, Matt 13:18–23, Matt 13:3–9, rewards, Rom 8:17, Suffering

All three Synoptic Gospels include the Parable of the Four Soils and Jesus’ explanation of what the parable means (Matt 13:3–9; 18–23; Mark 4:3–9; 13–20; Luke 8:4–8; 11–15). The second soil—the stony soil—represents a believer who does not endure. He gives up when things get tough. He will be in the kingdom but will not

Six Reasons Why God Sent Israel to Egypt, Part 2

August 22, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Divine blessings, Divine chastisement, Egypt, Gen 47, Jacob, Joseph

The first three reasons, as discussed in a previous blog, were to make Israel a great nation before it returned to conquer the land, to reunite Joseph with his father and brothers, and to keep the nation of Israel a separate people. While any of those three reasons would have been sufficient, there were three

Faithful Believers Will Have Enemies

August 21, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 10, 25-27, 6–7, apostasy, Heb 1:5-13, Ps 102:8, Ps 104:4, Ps 110:1, Ps 2:4-6, Ps 45:3-4, Ps 97:7, rewards, righteousness

In the opening verses of Hebrews, the unnamed author emphasizes the enemies of Christ and His people. He does this by quoting and alluding to various OT passages, focusing mainly on passages from several psalms. In Heb 1:5, the author quotes from Ps 2, which speaks of the coming King’s laughing at His enemies (Ps

Six Reasons Why God Sent Israel to Egypt, Part 1

August 20, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Israel, Jacob, Joseph, Set Apart

Recently I spoke on Genesis 46–47 at Berean Memorial Church in Irving, TX. Leon Adkins is the pastor. I found six reasons in those two chapters why God sent Israel to Egypt for 400 years. Reason number one: God made Israel a great nation before He sent it back to the Promised Land. See

The Two Faces of Christ

August 19, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Luke 9:29-32, Luke 9:51-56, Mount of Transfiguration, Reward, Suffering

Luke 9 discusses two faces of Jesus Christ. Both faces are associated with the city of Jerusalem. In 9:29-32, the Lord is on the Mount of Transfiguration. On that mountain, it says that His face is transformed (v 29). The disciples saw His glory in His face (v 32). We could say that they saw

Mysteries in the Bible?

August 18, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Colossians 1:26, Mystery, New Earth, Old Testament Believers, Rapture

If you’ve ever read Agatha Christie, you probably like mysteries. She writes whodunit stories. Who committed the murder? At the start of the book, you can’t tell who did it. She drops hints here and there, but not until near the end is the evidence strong enough that you know who the murderer is. The