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August 29, 2025
Believe and Be Baptized and You Will Be Saved –Mark 16:16
Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Baptism, Baptized, Believe, Indwelling, Mark 16:16, regeneration, Repent, Saved, Sealing
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing a famous passage used (wrongly) to promote Baptismal Regeneration. Why is this passage in the Bible and how should we understand it? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
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Why You Shouldn’t Evangelize Like a Pro 

July 25, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:13, Acts 2:38, evangelism, John 3:16, Jonah 3:3-6
I was taught evangelism in seminary by a very famous theologian and by a professional evangelist. Neither was crystal clear on what a person needed to do to be saved forever. The other day, Sam Marr, who’s been with GES since last October, showed me a magazine article on evangelism. The article was by a
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July 10, 2025
On the Day of Pentecost, Did Some Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit?
Acts 19:1-6, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Baptized, Day, Gentiles, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Pentecost, Receive, Repent
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are discussing a question about Gentiles. Did any receive the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost as the believing Jews did? If previous gentile believers weren’t present for that event, when did they receive the Holy Spirit, if at all? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
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May 14, 2025
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?
Acts 2:38, Baptized, Forgiveness, gift, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Receive, Repent, Works
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!
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April 23, 2025
Is the Gift of God in John 4:10 the Holy Spirit?
Acts 10:47, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:8-20, Ephesians 2:8-9, gift, Godhead, Hebrews 6:4, Holy Spirit, John 4:10, John 4:10-16, promise
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question from John 4:10, which talks about, “The gift of God.” Acts talks about “The gift of the Holy Spirit.” So, should we take it that what is mentioned in John 4:10 is also “The gift of the Holy Spirit? Or could it be that God has many gifts that He gives? Keep grace in focus!
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April 17, 2025
How are Some People Born Again in Acts Without the Holy Spirit Indwelling? Also: Does a Person Need to be Baptized to be Saved?
Acts 16:31, Acts 2:38, Acts 8:12-17, Baptism, Born Again, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, John 3:16, regeneration, Romans 8:9, Salvation
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are discussing the transitional nature of believer benefits in the book of Acts. In some parts of Acts, it seems that believers don't immediately receive the Holy Spirt, yet later they do. How do we explain this? – Thanks for listening and keep grace in focus!
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April 3, 2025
Did the Church Begin in Acts Two?
1 Corinthians 12:13, Acts 10:43, Acts 2, Acts 2:38, Apostles, Baptized, Begin, Church, Holy Spirit, Indwelt, Israel, Luke 24:49, Matthew 16:18, Phillip
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about the beginning of the Church. Specifically, when did it begin? Was it at Acts 2 or some time earlier? When were the Apostles born again? When did they receive the Holy Spirit? Thanks for listening!
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May 21, 2024
When Old Testament Believers Lost the Holy Spirit, Did They Lose Their Eternal Salvation Too?
1 Sam 10:9, 1 Sam 13, Acts 2:38, Filling, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, John 6:39-40, Old Testament;, Ps 51:11, Salvation, Saul
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are answering a question about the Holy Spirit’s ministry in the Old Testament. What can we learn about this from Saul’s experience? What are the distinctions between Old Testament saints and Church age saints in respect to the Holy Spirit? Bob and Philippe have some answers and an interesting discussion for you concerning this subject.
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How Can Someone Be Saved Without Being Forgiven? 

February 8, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Forgiveness and salvation
Grant, a listener to our Grace in Focus podcast, asks a super question: I have a question about the recent podcast that was done concerning Acts 2:38. Towards the end of the answer to the question, Bob said that Saul (Paul) needed to be baptized to receive the forgiveness of sins, but that he had
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April 29, 2022
Is It Possible That We Are Saved By Baptism – That is Is a Requirement to Become Saved – But Jesus Was Baptized So that His Baptism Could Be Attributed to Us?
2 Cor 5:21, Acts 2:38, Baptism, Gen 15:6, Mk 16:16, Mt 28:18-20, Rom 6:3-4, Salvation
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob and Shawn will be discussing the role of baptism. Is it possible that we are saved by baptism?  Could we say that since Jesus was baptized, His baptism is attributed to us? The guys will discuss the differences between the baptism of John the Baptist, and Jesus. We will hear the guys discuss passages such as 1 Cor 5:21, Acts 2:38, Mk 16:16, and more. We hope you join us as we seek to understand this important topic.
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