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Is 1 John 1:9 an Evangelistic Verse?

December 11, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 1:9, Confession and forgiveness, evangelism, Salvation

Mark asks a question that has been popping up a lot lately: Hi, Mr. Wilkin. I am struggling with the idea 1 John 1:9 is speaking to both believers and unbelievers. Andrew Farley proposes this and states that 1 John 1:9 in the sense most churches and theologians believe is the equivalent of the Catholics

Do We Need to Believe Everything in John 3:16 to Be Saved?

December 5, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, John 3:16

Dave emailed me a great question: I have a question about this blog today related to the content of “only begotten Son of God” in John 3:16. Since John 3:16 says that Jesus is requiring the hearer to believe the promise He is making, does Jesus also require the hearer to believe that He is

December 5, 2024

If God Only Chose a Small Number of People to Be Saved, Then Why Would You Want to Have Children?

Children, Corporate, Election, evangelism, John 3:16, Reward, service, unconditional election

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are answering an interesting question about Calvinism and the “U” in T-U-L-I-P; Unconditional Election. If it is so that God only chooses a limited and relatively small number of people for eternal salvation, why would you risk having children? What is Biblical election?

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November 13, 2024

How Should I Deal With Having a Gay Son?

Calvinist, Child, evangelism, Gay, Gospel, John 3:16, Lordship, Reformed, Salvation, Son

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about a son who is living a gay lifestyle. How should this listener be related to a son in this situation? How should the adopted grandchildren be related to? Bob and Mike will offer some clarity on this issue and

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November 8, 2024

Does Focused Free Grace Advocate for Just Sharing the Minimum When Evangelizing?

Assurance, Believe, evangelism, Focused, Free Grace, Gospel, John 4:10-14, Minimum, Repentance

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii have a discussion about Free Grace and evangelism. Some would say that Free Grace proponents have a minimum gospel. Some even accuse Free Grace Theology of being a cross-less gospel. What do they mean by this? What is the necessary, bottom-line truth that

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When Going Overboard Is a Good Thing

October 10, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - evangelism, Grace, Witness

A few days ago, while we were in the car, my eight-year-old grandson said, “Poppy, I am going to ask you a question. But I don’t want you to go overboard.” I realized it was his opinion that I’d talk too much when I answered his question. I told him I would do my best

September 18, 2024

Evangelism & Discipleship: Which Has the Greatest Connection or Effect on Eternal Rewards?

1 Corinthians 3:10-15, Building, Church, Discipleship, evangelism, Foundation, Gold, Hay, Judgment Seat, Precious Stones, Reward, Silver, Stubble, value, Wood, Works

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question from 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. There is a building project that is being described here. All Christians are a part of the project. The foundation is already there. What are we building? How am I building? Why am I building? What

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Romans: An Evangelistic Book?

June 27, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - doctrine, evangelism, rewards, Rom 12:1-2

GES takes the Biblical view that Romans is not an evangelistic book. Instead, it is written to believers and teaches us how to avoid the deadly consequences of sin through the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells the believer. This kind of life will be rewarded in the coming kingdom of Christ. Probably everybody

May 20, 2024

Is Acts 16:31 an Evangelistic Verse?

Acts 16:30-31, Believe, context, Eph 2:8-9, evangelism, Evangelistic, Salvation, Saved, Verse

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are answering a question about Acts 16:31. Is this verse a good evangelistic verse? Is it talking about eternal salvation or some other kind of salvation? What does the context suggest? Bob and Philippe have some thoughts to share, and we invite you

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The Dora Lake Story

April 19, 2024 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism

I spoke at a church pastored by Dan Adams in Dora Lake, MN, about twenty years ago. In 2012, I received a book from Ralph “Yankee” Arnold entitled The Dora Lake Story. In that book, he talks about how many people in that small town came to faith in Christ when he was preaching there