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Does Your Testimony Focus on Your Belief in Christ or on Your Works?

October 10, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Timothy 1:16, Christian testimonies, John 4:28-29

Kathryn Wright came to Dallas last week for a women’s conference. She gave a series of messages on how to give a clear testimony. Prior to her speaking at the conference, Kathryn and I recorded six podcasts about clear testimonies. This blog is an outgrowth of our discussions. Kathryn outlined the way people are typically

Peter and Pilate (Mark 15:1)

October 7, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Christian sin, denial, Peter, Pilate

Every student of the life of Christ knows about Peter’s denials of the Lord. It is very appropriate for us to look at what happened to Peter and ask the Lord to keep us from denying Him with our words or our actions. We all should recognize that we can be guilty of denying the

Salvation in the Early Church

October 6, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, Catholic church, church history

Many Free Grace teachers, myself included, maintain that assurance of eternal life is of the essence of saving faith. What we mean by that is that when a person believes in Jesus Christ for eternal life, in that moment they know they have it. That is what Jesus promises. In addition, the word eternal in

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 Ken 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 Ken 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 Ken 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 Ken 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