Is “Repentant Faith” Found in John’s Gospel?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about repentance in the Gospel of John. Some say repentance and faith are the same. Why are they not the same thing? Why doesn’t John’s Gospel have repentance as a condition for acquiring eternal salvation? What is the purpose of repentance and why should we value it? What is it for? Listen and learn on today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Assurance in the Gospel of John – Part 2
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. In this episode, Bob Wilkin and Bob Vacendak continue their series about assurance of eternal salvation. They speak about the “never passages” in the Gospel of John. What does John say concerning assurance? Does Jesus’ method of evangelizing, in fact, guarantee it? Listen to this interesting episode and then listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Assurance in the Gospel of John – Part 1
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Bob Vacendak are continuing a series about assurance of salvation. What does the Gospel of John say about the assurance of eternal salvation? Why is John 5:24 such a central passage for the assurance of salvation? Why does so much theology about eternal salvation contradict what Jesus says about eternal salvation and eternal security? Please listen for some Biblical clarity regarding assurance of salvation!
Assurance of Salvation in Church History
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. In this episode, Bob Wilkin and Bob Vacendak begin a short series about the assurance of eternal salvation. Is assurance of salvation of the essence of saving faith? They will look at assurance throughout church history. Listen to this interesting episode and then listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Were Some People in Israel at the Time of Christ Already Born Again Before They Encountered Christ?
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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!
GES National Conference 2023 Review–Part 1
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Ken Yates and Bob Vancendak are here with a review of our most recent national conference in May 2023. Bob was a plenary speaker. You will hear the “flavor” of our annual national conference as they have a conversation about it. Beware, today’s content might make you think about attending one of these GES annual conferences! (May 2024 will be here before you know it!) Listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!
What Did Jesus Preach in the Four Gospels? Was It a Call for People to Repent of Their Sins? Was His Teaching About the Kingdom?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about the content of Jesus’ teaching during His earthly ministry. What is the “Gospel of the Kingdom?” Why did Jesus call for repentance? How many gospels are there? Bob Wilkin and David Renfro will offer their thoughts about these things. Please listen! SPECIAL OFFER: Bob Wilkin’s book, Turn And Live–The Power of Repentance is being offered through May 31st, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “Repent.”

Wine Is a Sign (John 2:1-12)

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When the prophets spoke of the coming Messianic age, they sometimes pictured it as a time that would be dripping with wine: “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; The mountains shall drip with sweet wine, And all
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When Were the Disciples Born Again? A Pentecostal’s Confusing Answer

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Howard M. Ervin (1915-2009) was a longstanding faculty member at Oral Roberts University (in fact, the second longest-serving faculty member). I have to imagine that his theology impacted generations of ORU pastors, so his views on salvation are worth looking into. For example, in his book, Spirit Baptism: A Biblical Investigation, Ervin asks when the
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