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September 3, 2020

Can You Be Convinced Without Being Converted? & Is “Believes” in John’s Gospel a Point in Time Faith or an Ongoing Faith?

Not every fact about Jesus is a saving fact. So what do you need to believe to be born again? Bob and Shawn discuss how one can be convinced yet not be converted. Plus, in John where Jesus talks about obtaining eternal life, is His use of "believes" indicating an ongoing faith or a point-in-time faith? Listen to a great discussion on this question.

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The Whole World Needs Everlasting Life

August 7, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - a vision for world evangelization, John 3:16

The most important issue in this life is one’s eternal destiny. Whether we gain everlasting life and spend eternity with the Lord is of eternal significance. As a ministry, Grace Evangelical Society exists to proclaim the free gift of everlasting life to whoever simply believes in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:16; 5:24) and the

July 7, 2020

Do We Believe in the Father or in the Son for Salvation?

Is Abraham the Father of Islam?, Islam Parallels to Mormonism, John 3:16, John 5:24, Romans 4:24

Today we begin another series featuring Questions and Answers. Is Abraham the Father of Islam? Bob provides some clarification on this thought. Plus, are we to believe in the Father or the Son to be saved? What does scripture say about this?

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Dealing with Faltering Assurance

April 7, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 11:25-27, John 3:16, Salvation and confessing Christ

I received via email this excellent question about assurance: I so appreciate your ministry and your desire to clearly present the gospel, and I’m hoping you can share some thoughts on something that has started to trouble me. I have believed in Jesus to save me, but lately, my assurance has been faltering. And yes,

Figuring Out When You Were Born Again

April 1, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Everlasting life begins when you believe, John 3:16, the content of saving faith

At our church we sometimes sing a song called, “Somebody Touched Me.” You are to stand on the day of the week in which you were born again. After going through seven verses for Monday through Sunday, we sing a seventh verse, “It was on a one day, somebody touched me…” About half our assembly

John 3:16—A Thick Reading

October 23, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - John 3:16

John 3:16 is well–loved for good reason—it’s the gospel in a nutshell. If someone believes it, he has everlasting life. Of course, you don’t have to understand and believe it all to be born again. It’s possible to believe that promise in a basic way without having a very deep understanding of what it means.

Fire Insurance Evangelism

April 11, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Fire insurance evangelism, John 3:16, saving faith

Many object to the practice of some evangelists who say that if you believe in Jesus, then you will be saved from eternal condemnation. They say that is just fire insurance. John Piper has a November 8, 2017, post entitled, “Jesus Isn’t Your Insurance Policy” (see here). He writes, What is this [saving] faith?…It is

Replacing Everlasting Life with a Relationship with Jesus

February 13, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, evangelism, Everlasting Life, John 3:16, promise of life

Shawn was talking with a friend who takes online seminary classes. The man told Shawn he was a bit reluctant to raise Free Grace issues in his papers for class because the professor gives no indication that he is at all open to Free Grace Theology. Shawn’s friend told him that the professor is also

Fuzzy Evangelism Countered by Knowledgeable Catholic

January 29, 2019 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - evangelism, Evangelizing Catholics, John 3:16, Receiving Christ as personal Savior, The promise of life

A regular blog reader sent me a story that is making the rounds on the internet. I doubt it is a true story. It sounds made up. In any case, the story tells of an Evangelical woman who used to be a Roman Catholic; she was sharing her faith with a Roman Catholic man in

Robert H. Gundry’s Confusing Definition of Faith in John 3:16

March 21, 2016 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - definitions of faith, evangelism, gundry, John 3:16

Every Sunday, millions of Christians hear a confusing gospel message. I’m not talking about a false gospel message. A false gospel is where everlasting life is made to depend on faith plus. Faith plus love. Faith plus fasting. Faith plus baptism. Faith plus repentance. Faith plus belonging to this or that denomination. Faith plus