Is Wanting or Expecting Rewards From Christ Selfish?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are responding to a question about rewards. Is it selfish to want them or to want to hear “well done”? Is it selfish to look out for one’s own spiritual health? Should I desire fruitfulness? Please listen to this and every episode of
Evangelism & Discipleship: Which Has the Greatest Connection or Effect on Eternal Rewards?
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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
Is Election in Ephesians 1:1-4 to Service or to Salvation?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Ken Yates and Bob Wilkin are dealing with a question about election. Does election refer to being chosen to be saved from hell, or is it something else? Does God only choose some people for eternal life? What if it is to service, blessing or holiness and blamelessness
Does 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Say Belief in Christ’s Death and Resurrection Is What Is Saving? Also: Will We Be Judged Immediately After Death?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates will address two questions today. What do we need to believe in order to have everlasting life? Is it Christ’s death and resurrection? And when a believer dies, is he or she judged immediately? When does this happen? Bob and Ken have some Biblical

The Anger of the Lord Toward His People (Mark 10:14) 

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I recently had the privilege of being part of a Bible conference on the topic of rewards and the Judgment Seat of Christ. I was speaking on the Parable of the Talents in Matt 25:14-30. This parable is sometimes considered controversial because in it the Lord strongly rebukes one of His servants. As a result,
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Practical Ramifications of Assurance of Salvation – Part 2
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Bob Vacendak have been in a short series about assurance of salvation. Today they are continuing a list of the practical benefits that come with assurance of salvation. Some of these include a better prayer life, a better preparation for the Judgment Seat of Christ and
How Do We Know How We Are Doing in the Christian Life?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about measuring or evaluating the Christian life. Is it what God expects or wants it to be? What metrics should be used to evaluate it? Is there a report card, so to speak? Listen each weekday to the Grace
Doesn’t the Concept of Eternal Rewards Demotivate Some Believers?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about eternal rewards. What if some believers are demotivated by the concept of eternal rewards? What if they are paralyzed by the fear that they have not earned any rewards? What if they fear their sins following them to
Romans–Part 51–Rom 14:1-10–Gray or Neutral Area of Freedom
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are in Romans chapter 14. Are there some neutral areas for Christians where we are free to differ? Is everything black and white, so to speak? What are the cardinal areas of doctrine? What are the areas of freedom? How can we maintain
If a Pastor Falls, Can He Be Restored to Ministry?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin is answering a question about 1 Corinthians 9:27 and especially about the word translated “disqualified.” What disqualification is this verse talking about? If someone becomes disqualified, can they ever be restored? Bob Wilkin will offer some thoughts about this verse and these questions.