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Mark 8:34-38
September 9, 2025
Save Your Life By Losing It? – Mark 8:34-38
Ashamed, cross, Discipleship, Ephesians 2:8-9, Evangelistic, Following, Grace, John 3:16, Life Lose, Losing, Mark 8:34-38, rewards, Save, Suffering, Works
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again looking at a “Tough Text” in Mark’s Gospel. In chapter 8:34-38, the Savior is clearly talking about some pretty heavy works. So could this possibly be about salvation, or is it not obviously about something else like discipleship or rewards? Please listen - and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
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April 24, 2025
Should Submitting to the Lordship of Christ be a Part of an Eternal Salvation Gospel?
Discipleship, Gospel, heart, John 2:23-25, Lordship, Luke 6, Mark 8:34-38, Romans 10:9, Salvation, Sanctification, surrender, Throne
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are discussing submitting to the Lordship of Christ. Is this a necessary step or condition for acquiring eternal salvation? Is it a part of faith? How does the Bible talk about the Lordship of Christ and where does it fit? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
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A Choice of Roads 

December 10, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - Death, Life, Mark 8:34-38, Matt 7:13-14, Proverbs 14:12, rewards
On numerous occasions in our lives, we have to choose between two different paths. Even when we use GPS for a long car trip, it will often give us more than one option. One road may be quicker, while another may be fewer miles. One might be more scenic than another. The Bible tells us
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August 28, 2024
Losing Your Life to Save Your Life?
Disciple, Discipleship, Life, Lose, Mark 8:34-38, Save
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are speaking from Mark chapter 8. What is worth losing your life over? What does Jesus mean when He is speaking about losing and saving your life? What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? Bob and Ken will offer some ideas about the meaning of this passage.
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April 19, 2024
Is Salvation Free and Discipleship Costly?
9, Believe, Costly, Discipleship, Eph 2:8, Faith, Free, John 10:10, John 4:10, Luke 14, Mark 8:34-38, Rev 22:17., Rom 8:6, Salvation, Suffering, Trust, wheelbarrow
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about the difference in cost between salvation and discipleship. What does the Bible say about these? Why do we say, “Salvation is free but discipleship is costly”? Please listen for some Biblical clarity regarding this question!
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Beware of Translators 

November 22, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - bible, Mark 8:34-38, translations
We deal with translators all the time. Unless we use a Greek text when we read the NT, we use a translation. If you go to other countries, a translator is often needed when you speak. If you are teaching the Bible in such an environment, a translator is obviously extremely important. Sometimes I am
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September 13, 2023
Do We Buy Our Entrance Into the Kingdom?
Church, Great Price, Hidden Treasure, Kingdom of Heaven, Mark 8:34-38, Matt 13:44-46, Matt 16:24-28, Parable
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates talk about the meaning of the parables in Matthew 13. What is the kingdom of heaven like? Do these parables say that we can buy our way into this kingdom? Please listen to this episode for a great explanation!
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Laying Down Your Life (Acts 21:13)

May 26, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Discipleship, dying, Mark 8:34-38
One of the most interesting men of World War II was a high-ranking German officer named Henning von Tresckow. He came from a well-respected family, was obviously successful, and had a bright future in Germany. The war, however, changed everything. Tresckow saw the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime and became a die-hard opponent of
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March 21, 2023
1 Peter–Part 02–1:3-21
1 Pet 1:13-21, Asia Minor, discipline, Fear, holy, Inheritance, Mark 8:34-38, Redemption, Reverence, Reward, Theme
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Ken Yates, Philippe Sterling and Bob Wilkin are continuing a short study of 1 Peter from the New Testament. How are you doing in your life of service to the Lord? How are you using the freedom He has given you? This study on 1 Peter is going to challenge you and will wake up your love relationship with God. Please listen! SPECIAL OFFER: Bob Wilkin’s book, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible, is being offered through March 31st, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “MISUNDERSTOOD.”
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March 6, 2023
Mexico 2023 Report
1 John, Calvinistic, Election, Fellowship, Free Grace, GES, Mark 8:34-38, Mexico, Missions, Spanish
Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Ken Yates along with Kathryn Wright are talking about Ken and Pam Yates’ recent trip to Mexico. GES is seeking to promote a free grace theology perspective in this little corner of the world. But there are some issues to overcome. How can you pray about these issues? How are the resources that are given to GES being used in part to spread a Biblical view of God’s grace in other parts of the world? Please listen to this episode and join us each weekday for the Grace in Focus podcast! SPECIAL OFFER: Bob Wilkin’s book, The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible is being offered through March 31st, 2023 at half-price for those who use the code word, “MISUNDERSTOOD.”
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