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Putting on a Show

August 5, 2024 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - 1 John 3:18, hypocrisy, love, truth

It was a photo that exuded love and devotion. It is easy to see why it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Bob Stirm, an Air Force pilot, had returned to the US after five-and-a-half years as a POW in North Vietnam. Those years had been filled with torture and deprivation. The thought of being

June 10, 2024

Three Things to Be Doing While Waiting for Christ to Return

1 Pet 4:7-11, 2024, conference, End Times, Expectation, GES, hospitality, Jesus, last days, love, National, one another, Prayer, Return, Serve, Spiritual Gifts

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, and for the next few days, Ken Yates will be interviewing several presenters and participants of our recently held 2024 national conference. Today’s guest is one of our favorite plenary presenters, JB Bond. His topic was the return of Jesus Christ and what we are to do while

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Looking Out for Others (Hebrews 13:17)

August 11, 2023 by Kenneth Yates in Blog - asleep, awake, leaders, love

The author of Hebrews exhorts his readers to obey their spiritual leaders, because “they watch out for your souls.” In other words, these leaders were looking out for, or keeping an eye on, them. This would include warning them about the dangers of the false teaching they were facing. A leader has the extra burden

Do You Remember the Poor? (Galatians 2:9-10)

June 23, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - charity, Galatians, love, poverty

When James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. They desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I

Weaving a Tapestry of Love: Lynda MacGibbon on Loving Your Neighbors

May 17, 2022 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - love, vocation

How do you love your neighbors? Since we do not have to work to earn our salvation (Eph 2:8-9; Gal 2:16), grace people are freed up to simply love our neighbors however they need to be loved. But how do you do it? In My Vertical Neighborhood, Lynda MacGibbon tells the story of moving from

Joseph Prince on the Difference Between Knowing and Loving

August 30, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - grace message, grace revolution, head heart, Joseph Prince, love

I think Joseph Prince is at least Free Grace friendly. I wrote an article about him many years ago, but I plan on updating it after reading some of his newer books, such as Grace Revolution: Experience the Power to Live Above Defeat. I think he has come closer to a Free Grace soteriology, but

August 9, 2021

What is the Difference in Between Believing in Christ and in Loving Christ?

Discipleship, Jn 14:15, Jn 15:14., love, Sanctification

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today on the show, Bob and Shawn are taking questions from our listeners. The guys will be discussing the difference between believing in Jesus and loving Him. They will draw from passages such as John 14:15, John 15:14, and Matt 25:31-46. We will hear Bob make some distinctions between

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The Christian Life Is Often Filled with Dirty Feet

August 5, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, love, ordinary, service, small is beautiful

Let’s admit it—the Christian life and Christian service are not always thrilling. Both are often merely ordinary. And yet, faithfulness in ordinariness can please God. Think of Ruth. The Book of Ruth takes place during the period of the Judges when big, important events were happening in the life of Israel. And God has much

Three Words That Summarize the Christian Life: Believe, Abide, Love

May 12, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - abide, Believe, Christian Life, love

Most religions are extremely complicated because their works salvation systems depend on you following intricate laws, rituals, and to-do lists in the hopes of climbing the ladder to heaven. By contrast, Biblical Christianity (and, by implication, Free Grace Theology) is simple. How so? I think you can summarize the Christian’s “duty” with these three words—

Overcoming Sinful Strongholds

December 8, 2020 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - love, punks, Sin

Q. I read your blogs about growing up (see here and here). Do you believe a Christian can have strongholds in his or her life, and if so, do you have some Biblical information on that topic that you can share sometime? A. I’m not entirely familiar with the term “strongholds,” but I think you