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Is Salvation Unconditional?

May 10, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:2, Galatians 6:7-9

Dave sent me an article (originally a Facebook post) entitled “Salvation Is Not Unconditional” by Dr. Robert Gagnon (see here). Gagnon says that salvation does have a condition. Gagnon’s second paragraph starts out great: “One has to believe the gospel.” If by the gospel he means justification by faith alone (Gal 1:6-9), then he is

You Must Hang On to Be Spiritually Healthy!

April 29, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:2, Hebrews 3:14, holding fast, katechō, Luke 8:15

Recently I did a brief study on the Greek word katechō. What I found is that this word is an important word for discipleship. The leading dictionary of the Greek New Testament, BDAG, says one of the main meanings of this word is “to adhere firmly to traditions, convictions, or beliefs, hold to, hold fast”

Unless You Believed in Vain (1 Corinthians 15:2)

August 7, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 Corinthians 15:2, Eternal Security, the perseverance of the saints, unless you believed in vain

I received the following question in a comment to a blog I wrote: “Why does Paul say you can believe in vain, 1 Cor. 15:2?” The questioner doesn’t seem to believe in eternal security. He implies that Paul was saying that you could believe in Christ, be born again, and then end up going to