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Here Comes the Judge (Psalm 98)

January 11, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - judge, Judgment Seat, Psalm 98, Second Coming

All of us are familiar with this courtroom scene: The presiding judge enters the room, and an officer of the court says, “All rise for the judge!” At that command, everybody stands up. I do not, however, remember ever witnessing a courtroom entrance at which everyone not only stood up, but also applauded the judge.

How Many Complete Greek New Testament Manuscripts Do We Have?

January 10, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - New Testament textual criticism

It has been well publicized that there are over 5,000 Greek manuscripts of the NT. The manuscripts we have today were created between AD 125 and AD 1516. Scribes copied by hand the books of the NT. The first copies were made directly from the original manuscripts. Then those copies were copied. The number of

Was Romans Written as an Evangelistic Book? (Rom 5:16)

January 9, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Condemnation, Judgment, Justification, righteousness, Rom 5:16

The book of Romans is often seen as a book that tells people how to be saved from the lake of fire. Many evangelistic tracts use various verses from the book to tell the unbeliever how to be saved in this regard. When you combine this with the tendency of many people to see the

The Rewards of a Beggar

January 6, 2023 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - beatitudes, Luke 16, rewards, Suffering

In Luke 16:19-31, the Lord tells a fascinating story about a rich man and a beggar named Lazarus. He starts the story by painting a graphic picture of the pair. The rich man is wearing purple linen, dining lavishly, and living sumptuously. In stark contrast, the sick beggar is sitting outside the rich man’s gate,

Rewards in Psalm 90

January 5, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Kadesh Barnea, Moses, Psalm 90, rewards

Although the superscriptions in many of the psalms are not part of the original manuscripts, conservative scholars generally believe they are of value and that they usually reflect what is historically true. Psalm 90 is the only psalm that is attributed to Moses. This would make it the oldest psalm in the book. Even though

Is the King James Version Inspired?

January 4, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Bible Translations, King James only

Recently I presented a short YouTube video titled, “Did God Repent?” on the Grace Evangelical Society page. Here is one of the responses I received: The only pure, perfect preserved Word of God is the KJV. Why do a word search in versions that have changed God’s words to hide verses? If a person did

Delivered by the Death of Christ (Galatians 1:4)

January 3, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Galatians, law, Sanctification, spirit

As Christians, we recognize the importance of the death of Christ on the cross. In fact, it is impossible to overstate the importance of what He did. In that death He paid for the sins of the whole world (1 John 2:2). Because of that payment, all who believe in Him for eternal life are

Update on Zambia

January 2, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Missions, Zambia

Some reading this blog know that GES has had an ongoing teaching ministry at a Bible college in Zambia. Each year for approximately five years, my daughter Kathryn and I have gone there to teach. She teaches a class on soteriology (salvation). I teach a class on the Book of Romans. We are scheduled to

Was Jesus in the Tomb for 72 Hours?

December 30, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Good Friday, Matthew 12:40, Three days and three nights

John asks, Was Jesus in the tomb for 3 entire days (72 hours,) or just parts of 3 days (Friday evening, the entire Sabbath, and the morning of Sunday)? Is the Apostles Creed correct in saying, “On the third day He arose from the dead…”?  This starts to drive me into all kinds of timeline questions. If

Using What We Have Been Given (Rom 8:11)

December 29, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - rewards, Rom 8:11, Sanctification, spirit

All of us have probably tackled a job without realizing that we had a tool right next to us that would have made the job much easier. In fact, because we did not use that tool, we may not have been able to complete the job at all. Only later did we realize that we