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by Ken Yates Recently, I undertook the task of learning Spanish. When we study another language we soon learn that other folks use phrases that do not make sense to us. Sometimes we see these phrases and think we know what they mean, but then realize that they mean something completely different. For example, I […]
by Shawn Lazar I grew up reading comic books. I collected them. I went to conventions. My best friend Dennis and I would have competitions drawing our favorite heroes—his was Spider-Man, and mine was Iron Man. There was a time when I even aspired to be a professional comic artist. But in my late teens […]
by Brad Bell Robert Chapman was a 19th century pastor/elder of an assembly of believers in Barnstable, England. He was widely respected by men including Spurgeon, Darby, and Müller. Believers are called to live pleasing to God. But some are too quick to think they have achieved sinless perfection, or something close to it. Yet, […]
by Art Farstad During the hundreds of years in which the notorious Spanish Inquisition was in force to root out and destroy “heresy,” there was a “ceremony” called an auto da fe, which is Portuguese for “act of faith.” In Spain, Portugal, and their New World colonies, Protestants, Jews, and other non-conformists were frequently burned […]
by Brad Bell The tractor is running. The computer is running. My nose is running. He runs every day. We’ll give him a run for his money. The machine is running. It was a quick run. This is a long run of sentences. The English word run has a large range of meaning. It can […]
by Bob Wilkin Chuck Swindoll, in an Insight for Living broadcast, taught from Joshua 1. He presented the principle that the new nation which was about to go in under Joshua and take the land of promise “forgot their differences and they closed ranks in unity.” He then quotes the famous saying, “In essentials, unity, […]
by Shawn Lazar A popular confusion about the condition of salvation comes from a misreading of John 6, where Jesus says, “If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world…Most assuredly, I say […]
by Bob Wilkin The word tradition does not have favorable connotations in the New Testament. While Free Grace people can see the flaws in the Calvinist and Arminian traditions, we tend to be blind to the flaws in our own flavor of Free Grace Theology (FGT). We all must be like the Bereans of Acts […]
by Brad Bell Protestant Theology has long been plagued by one of the same problems as politics. Ironically, this problem has been around much longer in theology than our current political systems. What is this common problem? A two-party system. Long before our modern governments took form, Protestant theological discussion became gridlocked by two polarized […]
…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:20) Matthew 6:20 is one of the many well-known verses from the teaching of Christ Himself. It is found in His famous Sermon on the Mount. Almost all Christians are at […]
I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst (John 6:35). The Lord Jesus makes five different never...
During the GES national conference this May, we will be hosting a Vacation Bible School (VBS) for kids. The theme is “The Crowns in the Kingdom.” Over the week, the kids...
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering questions from Acts 8 about Simon the sorcerer. Was Simon...
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