We recently (Mar-Apr 2017) published an article by me about heaven and hell in our magazine, Grace in Focus. I showed that believers will live forever not in heaven, but on the new earth. I received this email question: “I just read the article on heaven and hell. Wow. The Mormons have believed that for

…it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (Jude 3) Bob Wilkin has recently blogged a couple of times about the recently completed GES National Conference. The first one was prior to the conference and the

My wife and I like to try different diets for our health. I need to lose weight. She has Hashimoto’s and experiments to see how food affects her energy levels. Mediterranean. Paleo. Keto. Juicing. Dukan. Vegetarian. We’ve tried them all. Then I came across the Zero Carb Diet. It’s exceedingly simple. On the Zero Carb

A New Book by Matthew Bates Matthew Bates received his Ph.D. from a Catholic school (Notre Dame) and he teaches at a Catholic school (Quincy University). He indicates in the introduction that he hopes “this book will ultimately contribute to the healing of that long-festering wound between Catholics and Protestants” (p. 6). Bates’s theology is,

Many people believe that Acts 6 is the account of the first deacons of the church. They may be right. However, the word deacon does not exist in the chapter, although the similar word for “service” does. (For example, in verse two it makes a reference to “serving” tables.) I am told that what the

I was recently sent this article, “Easy Like Friday Afternoon: A Manifesto on Hard-Believism” by Jared C. Wilson. He rejects “easy believism” for “hard believism.” What self-professing “easy-believists” think is that they are upholding the free gift of grace by insisting one can believe without actually changing, that one can have the benefits of Christ’s

My thanks to all who prayed for our conference on eschatology last week. It was such an encouraging time. Here are some of the comments that the conferees put on their evaluation forms: “Spot on!” “Full of hope + GRACE!” “Wonderful!” “Great.” “Thoroughly enjoyed it.” “Excellent.” “Great topic.” “Best ever!” “Outstanding!!!” “AWESOME!” “Wonderful!” “Timely, pertinent,

I have a confession to make. Many times when I read the Psalms I get frustrated because I don’t know the background of a particular Psalm. Many times, I am not even sure who wrote it. So, I love it when I read a Psalm and see that the New Testament quotes it. Whatever the

Recently a reader sent me a link to a video in which Dr. Schreiner, a leading New Testament scholar, defends the doctrine that everlasting life cannot be lost. When I watched the video, I was struck by incongruities which are also evident in his writings (click here to see my review of The Race Set