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November 18, 2025
Is God’s Grace Irresistible and Is Faith a Choice?
Acts 16:14, Acts 17:27, Calvinism, choice, Cornelius, Decision, Faith, Free Grace, Free Will, Grace, Hebrews 11:6, Irresistible, John 5:39-40, Lydia, Matthew 7:7-11, regeneration
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering two questions about grace and faith. The questions are complementary. Is God’s grace irresistible and Is belief a choice? If faith isn’t a choice, do we really have free will? Please listen to a great discussion, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
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November 17, 2025
What Does Jesus Mean by “Understand” in the Parable of Four Soils?
Acts 17:11, Acts 17:27, Four, Hebrews 11:6, John 5:39-40, Luke 8:11-15, Mark 4:13-16, Matthew 13:18-23, Matthew 23:37-39, Matthew 7:7-11, Meaning, Parable, Soils, Understand, willing, Willingness
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the Parable of the Four Soils. Why is it that especially in the Matthew and the Mark account, only the fourth soil understands and accepts the word? Is understands and accepts equivalent to believes? - Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
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November 14, 2025
How Many Conditions Are There in Order to be Born Again?
Believe, Birith, Born Again, Conditions, Continuous faith, Faith, Fulfilment, humble, Humility, Impute, Invite, John 5:39-40, law, Lord, Lordship, Perseverance, pride, Repent, Repentance, Repenting, righteousness, Savior, Trust, willing, Willingness
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are going to talk about the condition(s) necessary to be born again. How many are there? The questioner suggests five conditions. These may not be the same five you’ve heard before. Bob and Sam will discuss these in light of scripture - Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
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October 22, 2025
Is There an Age of Accountability?
Accountability, Age, Calvinism, Faith, John 5:39-40, justice, Mental Handicapp, regeneration
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question from a father of four children about the age of accountability. Is there an age of accountability? Is it a specific age or does it depend on a person’s ability to understand the concept of eternal salvation? What clues can we gain from Scripture about this? Please listen today and 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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The Jews of Jesus’ Day Were Seeking Everlasting Life – John 5:39-40 Reconsidered 

March 24, 2025 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Everlasting Life, Everlasting life in the Old Testament, John 5:39-40, Old Testament Believers
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. John 5:39-40 Vince Deegan, a friend of mine, alerted me to the power of John 5:39-40 about twenty years ago when
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March 14, 2025
The Benefits of Following the Messianic Thread
Benefits, Fulfillment, John 5:39-40, Messianic, Prophecy, Thread
Welcome to the Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are giving some of the benefits of following the Messianic Thread running through scripture. How can it help us to follow the indications (direct and indirect prophecies) in scripture of this Messianic Thread? Thank you for listening and be sure to check out our previous shows!
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September 26, 2024
Must People Choose to Believe in Jesus, And Are People Able to Do This?
Calvinist, choice, Decision, drawing, Drawn, Faith, Holy Spirit, John 5:39-40, Matthew 23:37, Respond, Unwilling
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are looking again at another question about believing. Is faith a choice or not a choice? If it isn’t a choice, is there not an element of the will? How does that work? Listen and be challenged by today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
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June 7, 2024
Why Isn’t Faith a Decision? Also: If a Single Man Commits Adultery, Is He Still Able to Marry?
Adultery, choice, Decision, Exception, Faith, John 5:39-40, Marriage, Matthew 19:9, Matthew 23:37-39, Matthew 5:32, Willingness
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a criticism about our position and definition of the nature of faith. Is faith a decision or is it something else? Also, if a single person commits adultery, are they eligible Biblically to get married? Please listen for some interesting Biblical discussion regarding these subjects!
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March 7, 2024
Were Some People in Israel at the Time of Christ Already Born Again Before They Encountered Christ?
Anna, Baptist, Born Again, Christ, Israel, John, John 5:39-40, Messiah, Simeon
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about being born again before or during Christ’s earthly ministry. Were there not many in Israel, Old Testament believers, who had already believed in the coming Christ before He arrived? What other implications are in a question such as this? Listen and learn on today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
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Grace Evangelical Society

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