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Ben Shapiro and Assurance

April 29, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Assurance, eternal life, John 14:2-3, John 6:47, Kingdom, Revelation 21-22

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator. He is an orthodox Jew and takes his religious faith seriously. As a result, many on the left wing of the political spectrum have made him a target. They defame him regularly. He has often been in physical danger. Shapiro is impressive. He has a brilliant mind and

April 16, 2025

Assurance or Salvation – Which Comes First?

1 Timothy 2:4, Acts 16:14, Acts 17:27, Assurance, Believe, John 11:26, John 3:16, John 6:35, Persuaded, Salvation

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the order of assurance and salvation. This is a question related to free grace and the content of faith for eternal salvation. What does it mean to believe for the gift of eternal life? We invite you to listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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April 9, 2025

Isn’t Assurance the Same as Believing?

1 Timothy 1:16, Acts 16:31, Assurance, Believe, believing, Ephesians 2:8-9, Flexible, Focused, Free Grace, John 3:18, John 5:39-40, John 6:35, John 6:47

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about assurance. Are assurance and believing always one and the same? Is assurance a result of believing? These are questions related to free grace and different positions within free grace theology. What does it mean to believe for the gift of eternal life? Please listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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Many Evangelicals Need Everlasting Life

March 31, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Assurance of Salvation, Salvation

I remember a call I got about ten or fifteen years ago from my late friend Bob Swift. I had said in a magazine article that ninety to ninety-five percent of all professing Christians are not born again. I based that on the fact that well fewer than one in ten church people indicate that

March 6, 2025

Is There a Need to Believe Unselfishly to Be Saved?

1 John 2:2, 1 John 2:25, 2 Timothy 1:1, Assurance, Believe, Conditions, Hebrews 12:2, John 1:29, John 3:16, motive, Saved, Unselfishly

Welcome to the Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about conditions to be eternally saved. Is there a certain kind or mindset of belief? For example, does a person have to believe unselfishly to be saved? Is this a condition? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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February 28, 2025

How Do We Learn to Love God?

1 John 3:16, 1 John 4:19, Assurance, Bible Teaching, Fruits, God, Grow, Learn, LGBTQ, love, Please God, Repentance, Romans 12:2, Secure Forever, Sin, Transformation

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about learning to love God. How does this happen? What if I am persisting in sin? Does this mean I don’t love God? But what if the sin bothers my conscience—does this mean I do love God? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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January 30, 2025

Is It Okay to Use the Four Spiritual Laws?

Assurance, Campus Crusade, Ephesians 2:8-9, Four, Free Grace, Gospel, Laws, Spiritual, witnessing

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about witnessing and methods or tools to use in doing so. Is the “Four Spirituals Laws” a good witnessing tool? Never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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January 23, 2025

Was Dr. Ryrie Clear on Salvation?

Assurance, Believe, Dallas Seminary, Dr. Ryrie, good works, James 2:14, James 2:24, Lordship Salvation, Persevere, Salvation, Soteriology

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about Charles Ryrie’s eternal salvation position concerning James 2. Was (former DTS professor) Ryrie’s salvation message a clear and consistent one? Please listen daily and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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December 16, 2024

How Can People With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Believe in Jesus?

Assurance, Believe, Disorder, Faith, John 11:25-27, Obsessive Compulsive, OCD, promise, Proposition

Welcome to Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Does this disorder make it harder or maybe even impossible for a person to believe in Jesus? What about assurance for the OCD person? We invite you to listen today (and each weekday) to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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December 11, 2024

Does the Present Tense of Believe for Eternal Salvation Mean or Require Continual Belief?

Assurance, Believe, Continual, Continue, Eternal, Faith, John 5:24, Never, Statements

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are clarifying a question about belief for eternal salvation. Does it require continual belief in order to maintain it? What about the "never" statements in the Gospel of John? Is it possible to lose salvation or give it back? Please listen each weekday!

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