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Do Some Gospel Tracts Hinder People from Being Born Again?

November 30, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Evangelistic tracts

Yesterday I worked out at my health club. After my workout I saw a tract sitting on the bench by the lockers. I was tempted to pick it up, read it, and trash it if it was proclaiming a false gospel. But I just left it there. While putting some pomade in my hair, I

Do You Have to Turn from Your Sins to Be Born Again? 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

November 29, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - babes in Christ, Maturity, Repentance

This past Thanksgiving, I spent the week with my eldest daughter’s family. Her youngest son is one and half years old and is my youngest grandson. It has been years since I had a child that age, and I am out of practice in such things. It is always an experience spending time with him.

How Could Enoch and Elijah Go to Heaven Before the Cross?

November 28, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Kings 2:11, Ephesians 4:8-9, Genesis 5:24, Hebrews 11:5, Psalm 68

S.W. asked the question that provides this blog’s title. Essentially, he was asking how anyone could go to heaven prior to Jesus’ shed blood on the cross. We know from Luke 16:19-31 that all the dead went to Sheol/Hades prior to Jesus’ ascension to heaven. Abraham and Lazarus were in the good part, and the

God Can Do a Lot with a Little (Jeremiah 52:28-34)

November 25, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Babylon, rewards, service

Jeremiah is a depressing book. The prophet had preached to the Israelites in the southern kingdom of Judah for 40 years, warning of the coming discipline of God because of their sin. Unfortunately, they did not listen. The consequences were devastating. The Babylonians were used by God to destroy the cities of Judah. Jerusalem was

Are You on the Inside or Outside When it Comes to the Lord? (Mark 3:31)

November 24, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Discipleship, Fellowship, Mark 3:31, Rev 3:20

Then His brothers and His mother came, and standing outside they sent to Him, calling Him. In Mark 3:31 there is a graphic, but sad picture. Jesus is in a house with His disciples. This includes more than the twelve apostles. There are so many disciples inside the house with the Lord that He can’t

Do You Know Any Saved Atheists?

November 23, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Apostasy and eternal security, Atheism and eternal security

The school newspaper at Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah University) ran a fascinating article when I was teaching there (1986-1987). It was about an interview with a Multnomah grad who had become an atheist. The interviewer asked if, when he was at Multnomah, he had believed that Jesus was God, that He died

Is There a Difference Between Being Related to God and Having a Relationship with Him?

November 22, 2022 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Believe, Church at Laodicea, relationship, Revelation 3, the Gospel of John

In my last blog, I discussed how the word relationship has been replacing the word believe in some evangelistic settings. I argued that this term can cause confusion when applied in this way. In this blog, I would like to explore the benefits and pitfalls of another popular application of the church’s current use of

Free Grace Pastors’ Conference in Costa Rica

November 21, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Missions, Spanish

GES has been planning a pastors’ conference in Costa Rica for a couple of years. Lordship Salvation has a very strong presence in that country, and Protestant pastors are exposed to that teaching. Many of John MacArthur’s books, for example, are translated into Spanish and are used by these pastors in their sermon preparations. In

How Do You Define the Word “Relationship”?

November 18, 2022 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Believe, relationship with God, the Gospel of John

Do you know what the expression spill the tea means? Or what if I told you that something was a cap? Language is always evolving. Each new generation seems to come up with its own special slang and terminology for things. What one generation called groovy, another called cool. What was once a beau is

Do You Know If You Are Going to Persevere?

November 17, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, the perseverance of the saints

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified (1 Cor 9:27). The fifth point of Calvinism is the perseverance of the saints. It says that all whom God has elected will persevere in faith and good works until death. At least