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What Could Have Been

May 9, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - discipline, Jas 1:22, Luke 4:31-46, Luke 5:12-15, Regret, Sanctification

All of us have started a discussion with, “If only…” Often times, we follow those words with, “I had done (fill in the blank).” It could be something fairly unimportant, such as, “If only I had studied a little more, I wouldn’t have failed that exam.” However, the situation could also be a very serious

May 9, 2024

How Does Forgiveness Work With Unbelievers?

consequences, discipline, Fellowship, Forgiveness, Responsibility, Trust, Unbeliever

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are talking about forgiveness and unbelievers. Does God forgive them? Should we forgive them? How should we relate to unbelievers who offend us? Listen and learn with today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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Why Not Continue in Sin (2 Kings 1:1-2)?

June 16, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Ahab, Ahaziah, Death, discipline, Sin

Free Grace people are often asked why believers should not continue sinning more and more after they believe. After all, we teach that eternal salvation cannot be lost, so why–it is maintained–shouldn’t we sin all we want? There are a number of reasons why the believer shouldn’t live that way. One is that sin brings

The Faithfulness of God (1 Kgs 15:1-8)

May 12, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 Kings 15, discipline, Faithfulness, Grace, kings

The books of 1 and 2 Kings give an instructive account of how obeying God results in blessings for His people, while disobedience brings discipline and wrath. About forty kings are discussed in these books. Most of them “do evil in the sight of the Lord,” and this brings great destruction upon they themselves as

When a Drought Is a Good Thing (1 Kings 17:1-7)

April 10, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Ahab, discipline, Elijah, Jezebel

In 1 Kings 17, the prophet Elijah suddenly appears in the Nation of Israel. He has some bad news. There is going to be a severe drought that will impact the land. It will last for over three years. In a country dependent upon agriculture, this would be devastating. In the verses that follow (1

March 21, 2023

1 Peter–Part 02–1:3-21

1 Pet 1:13-21, Asia Minor, discipline, Fear, holy, Inheritance, Mark 8:34-38, Redemption, Reverence, Reward, Theme

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Ken Yates, Philippe Sterling and Bob Wilkin are continuing a short study of 1 Peter from the New Testament. How are you doing in your life of service to the Lord? How are you using the freedom He has given you? This study on 1 Peter is going to challenge you and will wake up your love relationship with God. Please listen! SPECIAL OFFER: Bob Wilkin’s book, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible, is being offered through March 31st, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “MISUNDERSTOOD.”

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The Mercy of the Lord (Psalm 106)

March 21, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - discipline, Forgiveness, Mercy, Psalm 106

Psalm 106 is, in one sense at least, like the speech of Stephen right before he is stoned to death by the Jews in Acts 7. The psalmist reviews the history of the Jewish people. It is not a pretty picture. He speaks of their many sins. These sins included complaining against God, idolatry, sacrificing

A Mother’s Fierce Love (Isa 49:15)

February 21, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - 1 John 3:1, discipline, Isa 49:15, mother

Recently, I saw a video that I am sure many of you saw as well. A young mother was pushing her baby in a carriage down a street in a large US city. The driver of a car purposely swerved to hit the woman and her baby. You could not see the baby, but you

What Does the Word Condemnation Mean in Jude 4?

October 17, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - Condemnation, discipline, Judgment

Though often blind to it, we are all influenced by our religious traditions. If we aren’t careful, these traditions may cause us to see things through an inaccurate lens. An example is the way we interpret certain words in the Bible, without considering how those words are being used. Take, for example, the word condemnation

When Bad News Is Good (Jeremiah 30–33)

September 21, 2022 by Ken Yates in Blog - consolation, discipline, Hebrews 12:7, Jeremiah

When you read commentaries on the book of Jeremiah, chapters 30–33 are often called the Book of Consolation. This is because those chapters contain really good news for the Jews. They talk about when Christ will return, set up His kingdom, give them a new covenant, and gather them from all the nations of the