August 2, 2016   in Blog

by Bob Wilkin Did you know that Moses wrote a Psalm? Most of the Psalms were written by David around 1000 BC. But Moses wrote a Psalm four centuries before that. In Psalm 90, a psalm by Moses, he says, “The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they […]

August 2, 2016   in Blog

by Bob Wilkin In hindsight I could see the hand of the Lord in what happened. But when it was all happening, I seemed to be struggling through these things all on my own. On January 1, 1985, Sharon and I flew back from a week’s vacation in Arkansas. We were picked up by the […]

August 1, 2016 by Ken Yates in Blog

We are all familiar with the Lord’s Prayer. When I was in the military it was used a great deal in the chapel services. Part of the reason, no doubt, is that some of the soldiers and family members came from more liturgical church backgrounds than people like myself. They were very comfortable reciting it. […]

July 29, 2016   in Blog
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by Ken Yates As I write this, our country is about to celebrate another July 4th, another Independence Day. That is the day that our nation declared its independence from England in the late 1700’s. England had imposed its will upon the early American colonies and the colonies longed to be free to determine their […]

July 27, 2016   in Blog

by Ken Yates The book of Psalms expresses the deep emotions and experiences of God’s people throughout the centuries. Recently I read Psalm 10. Most believe it was written about 3000 years ago by David. However, while reading it I had the feeling that it could be written by a Christian today. In the first […]

July 21, 2016   in Blog
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by Zane Hodges, originally published in the November, 1989 edition of Grace in Focus Quite a few years ago I was giving the gospel to a young Hispanic man. After a while he said: “It’s no use, Zane. Another preacher saved me, and it didn’t work.” I admit this response caught me by surprise. Still, […]

July 18, 2016   in Blog - GES, Repent, theology
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by Zane Hodges, originally published in the September-October, 1999 issue of “Grace in Focus” In this series on the doctrine of repentance, we have reached two fundamental conclusions. These are: (1) that repentance is not in any way a condition for eternal salvation; and (2) repentance is the decision to turn from sin to avoid, […]

July 15, 2016   in Blog - GES, Judgment Seat of Christ
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by Bob Wilkin, originally published in the January-February 2004 edition of Grace in Focus Colossians 1:21-23 is often used by Arminians to say that believers must continue in the faith in order to keep eternal life. And this same passage is used by Calvinists to say that believers must persevere in the faith in order […]

July 15, 2016   in Blog - GES, Repentance, theology
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By Zane C. Hodges, originally published in the July/August 1998 edition of Grace in Focus Introduction In the last issue of Grace in Focus (May/June 98), we considered the fact that John is silent, in his Gospel, on the subject of repentance. In view of the purpose of the Gospel of John to bring people […]

July 13, 2016   in Blog - GES, theology, Zane Hodges

it is altogether appropriate for each of us as born-again believers to ask ourselves: ‘Is the truth really in me? Is it working dynamically in my heart and life?’ On the answer to questions like these depends the reality of our communion with our living Lord. by Zane Hodges, originally published in the July, 1990 […]

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