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By Ken Yates Sometimes when I read about certain people in the Bible, they seem to be superhuman. One of those people is the prophet Jeremiah. His ministry was one of suffering. The Lord asked him to do many things that were very difficult. There is a reason he is known as the “weeping prophet.” […]
By Nancy Rempel My body was rigid with tension as I lay in the sweltering heat of another Pakistani spring. Some missionary I had turned out to be. It was Easter 1995, and we had just dedicated our second baby, Curtis, at the little church in Layyah, Pakistan. I felt like a baby myself as […]
By Bob Wilkin* In the great tradition of dramatic disclaimers, such as the Apostle Paul’s in Romans 6:1-14, Shakespeare’s in King Lear, and Sir Winston Churchill’s in his famous Harrow School address, GES says “Never!” A Biblical view of God’s grace never promotes sin. People who hold to Lordship Salvation or works salvation are rarely […]
ROBERT N. WILKIN1 Executive Director Grace Evangelical Society I. INTRODUCTION In the years 2000 and 2001, we published two articles by Zane Hodges on how to evangelize.2 In Free Grace circles, those messages caused much interest in the evangelistic ministry of Jesus. Some Free Grace people feel that the evangelistic ministry that Jesus preached was […]
KENNETH W. YATES Editor I. INTRODUCTION In Mark 4, Jesus begins to speak in parables to the Jews who come to hear Him. When the disciples ask Him why He has begun this practice, the Lord says that those on the “outside” will hear everything in parables, but that He will explain the meaning of […]
Philippe R. Sterling1 Pastor Vista Ridge Bible Fellowship Lewisville, TX I. INTRODUCTION This article aims to unfold the theological message of the Book of Ruth by means of a broad literary study of its narrative, rooted in exegesis. The composition includes a literary analysis of the narrative, a comparison with literary parallels in Scripture, and […]
James F. Myers1 JFM Ministries I. INTRODUCTION Advocates of baptismal regeneration and the continuation of sign gifts for the post-apostolic church often turn to Mark 16:16-20 for a proof text: “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who […]
The Believer’s Payday: Why Standing Before Christ Should Be Our Greatest Moment. By Paul N. Benware. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2002. 209 pp. Paper, $17.99. “One of the current myths in the Church of Jesus Christ is that all believers are the same and will always be the same. This is only partly true and […]
Heavenly Rewards: Living with Eternity in Sight. By Mark Hitchcock. Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2019. 183 pp. Paper, $14.99. Hitchcock is an associate professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. The book’s title immediately caught my eye, due to my interest in the doctrine of eternal rewards. The book begins with many outstanding statements about this […]
When Children Come Out: A Guide for Christian Parents. By Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2022. 173 pp. Paper, $20.00. This book gives advice to Christian parents who are confronted by a child’s announcing that he or she is homosexual. Most of the book deals with same-sex attraction, but the […]
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the fate of the world rests on a ring. Forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, the Ring of Power corrupts all...
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question from Philippians 3:10-14. Did Paul view the resurrection as...
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand (John 10:28). The Lord Jesus makes five different never...
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