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April 14, 2025

Why Is Circumcision So Important in The Old Testament, But Not in the New Testament?

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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about circumcision. Why does it seem so much more important in the Old Testament than in the New Testament? We invite you to listen each weekday to the Grace in Focuspodcast!

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Emphasizing the Important Things

July 11, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - Acts 10:15, Acts 15:5, circumcision, Eph 2:14-16, Judaizers

Luz Long and Jesse Owens were polar opposites. Long was a German Nazi and looked the part. He was blond, white, and an educated lawyer. Owens was a black American who grew up in poverty under segregation. In the 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, Luz and Owens competed against each other in the long jump.

August 28, 2023

Do Messianic Jews Tend to Be Free Grace Believers? Also: What Is the Role of the Old Testament Law for Messianic Jews?

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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are here with an answer to a question about Messianic Jews. Are they “Free Grace” believers? Also, how do Messianic Jewish believers relate to the Old Testament Law today? Listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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That Sounds Familiar (Jeremiah 9:25-26)

July 12, 2022 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - circumcision, Justification, rituals, Romans 2

When I read the OT, I enjoy seeing something to which the writers of the NT specifically refer. I find myself reading along and saying, “This reminds me of something Paul said. I wonder if he had this passage in mind?” Sometimes such references are obvious. For example, Paul might quote a particular verse in

Figurative Versus Literal Uses of Circumcision in the Bible

April 24, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - circumcision, Judaizers, Justification by circumcision, Those of the circumcision

A reader asked, For a long-time circumcision in the Scriptures has annoyed me—not because it’s there—but because I don’t think I fully understand its meaning, though I’m clear on the meaning in relation to the anatomy. Am I correct to think that in some places, it is referring to the literal/physical procedure only? Am I

Institutionalized in Galatia (Galatians 5:1, 6)

November 22, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - circumcision, Galatians, legalism, Shawshank Redemption

There’s a scene in The Shawshank Redemption in which an old inmate named Brooks is about to be paroled after fifty years of incarceration. But he’s scared of getting out. Prison is all he knows. So he attacks another inmate in order to stay. Some of the other prisoners think that Brooks has gone crazy.