By Bob Wilkin Introduction Somewhere around 2000, I became convinced that in Matt 24:40-44 the Lord is teaching the pre-trib Rapture. I was influenced by conversations with Zane Hodges. Around 2005, I then heard a message defending the pre-trib Rapture in the Olivet Discourse by Dr. John Hart. In 2007-2008, we published three articles by

By Ken Yates One of the most interesting things about studying the Book of Romans is how Paul uses the word righteousness. It is used over 35 times in the book. And that is counting just the noun, not the verb. Sometimes the word is translated righteousness, and other times it is translated justification. Most

By Mark Piland Introduction Rob Lowe, the former teenage heartthrob who knows a thing or two about skeletons coming out of the closet, had this to say about the perils of being famous in America: “Anyone who’s lived their life to the fullest extent has a scandal buried somewhere. And anybody who doesn’t have a

By Bob Wilkin An Excerpt from Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses Chapter One And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it to him for righteousness (Genesis 15:6). My parents had given up hope. Though their first child, a daughter, came after just a few years of trying, the second child, another daughter,

By Laurence M. Vance And Jesus said unto them, “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” (John 6:35). Calvinism Calvinism is the teaching that man is so dead in sin that God has to irresistibly call him and regenerate

From The Grace New Testament Commentary (Revised Edition) By Zane Hodges Our Union with Christ in His Death and Resurrection (6:1-11) 6:1-2. Paul dismisses a false conclusion. Should we continue in sin so that grace may become greater? Far from it! Such a conclusion is unthinkable precisely because Christians have died to sin. Significantly, the

By Allen Rea In Matthew 17, Jesus takes Peter, James, and John up to the top of a mountain. Jesus was transfigured before them, and Moses and Elijah appeared with Him. They were talking together. However, Luke lets us know that they were speaking about His departure (Luke 9:31). Peter, never one to keep silent,

By Ken Yates One of the many strange things we hear Christians say is that a true Christian will never deny the Lord. Of course, when this is said the hearer almost always thinks of Peter. Peter clearly denied the Lord three times. What about him? The answer that is often given is that Peter

By Kelley Easley A Time of Testing Like so many others the world over, our family has been experiencing a time of significant testing since my husband was furloughed from his job in mid-March. The ramifications of sudden job loss have been numerous, and I’d be lying if I said we weren’t stressed. In an

By Bob Wilkin Andy Stanley was a few years behind me at Dallas Theological Seminary. I recall grading some of his papers. I’ve long had a high regard for him. As I read his recent book called Irresistible1, I became concerned about the direction his ministry appears to be taking. He seems to be downplaying