Can Teaching on Contrition or Repentance Lead to a Loss of Assurance?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are responding to a question about conditions to be born again. Is there more than one condition as some teach, to acquire eternal salvation? Are contrition of heart, repentance, or obedience included conditions? Will they contribute to or subtract from the ongoing assurance of salvation? Thank you for listening!
What Is the Gift of God in Ephesians 2:8?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question to pinpoint the gift of Ephesians 2:8. The text states, “It is the gift of God… that not of yourselves.”  What is the gift of God here – the “faith” to believe OR the whole idea of “saved” (being given salvation itself)? Let’s clear it up today – Thanks for listening keep grace in focus!
Can Someone Have Assurance of Salvation if He Doesn’t Believe the Bible is Literally True?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about belief related to the literal veracity of the Bible. Can a person who does not believe the Bible is literally true be assured of salvation? What are the alternatives, possibilities and pitfalls of not believing the Bible is literally true? Keep grace in focus!
When Paul Describes the Christian’s Armor in Ephesians Six, What Does the “Gospel of Peace” Refer to?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are fielding a question about Ephesians Six and the Armor of God. What is the “Gospel of Peace” that Paul talks about? Which gospel is Paul talking about? How do we put it on? How does it relate to peace? Thanks for listening and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
What Is the Relationship Between Dispensationalism and Free Grace?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the relation of dispensationalism and free grace theology. What is a dispensation and why is there a relationship to free grace – i.e. why do they seem closely akin to each other? How does this relation compare to other viewpoints in theology and perhaps different brands of free grace theology? Thank you for listening!
What is Jesus’ Message to the Rich Young Ruler In Matthew 19?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are fielding a question about something Jesus said to the rich young ruler in Matthew 19. Is Jesus telling him that keeping the commandments will give a person eternal life? Or is Jesus making a point to the contrary? Keep grace in focus!
Is It a False Conversion if Someone Is “Saved”, yet Has no Apparent Life Change?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are answering a question about the possibility of a false conversion. If someone purportedly becomes eternally saved, but there is never any obedience to the Lord or change of life, how can we call this a genuine conversion? Is there the possibility of a false profession of faith? What is it that actually saves a person?  Thanks for listening to the Grace in Focus podcast!
If the Gift of the Holy Spirit Is Not Given to the Jewish Believers Until They Repent and are Baptized, Is It Still a Gift?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are answering a question from Acts 2:38. How can the Holy Spiritbe said to be a gift if the works of baptism and repentance are required? What is going on in this context? What about the forgiveness of sins mentioned here? What more can we learn about Acts 2:38? Tune in each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Interview – GES National Conference 2024 Attendees
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates is interviewing an attendee from our 2024 national conference. The Grace Evangelical Society holds this conference once a year during May and all are invited! It is a great time of fun, learning and fellowship, around focused free grace teaching. Please consider attending the GES National Conference coming very soon – This May 19-22, 2025!