How Do We Know the Apocryphal Books Are Not Scripture?
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Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about apocryphal books. Did Martin Luther remove books from the Bible? How can we know the apocryphal books are not supposed to be in the Bible? Did Jesus give any clues? Listen and learn about this issue on today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Romans–Part 1–Romans 1:16
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In the bible, the terms "saved" and "salvation" can mean different things depending on the context of the book it appears in. This is known as "range of meaning." Over the last few episodes, we have seen how Paul used these terms in Philippians, and we also saw how James used them in his epistle, both referring to different things. Over the next few episodes of Grace in Focus Radio, Bob and Shawn will be discussing how Paul uses this term in his letter to the church at Rome in a third way. To begin, the guys will give special attention to Romans 1:16 on the show today. In addition to the term "saved" in the book of Romans, we will also hear the guys address the term "wrath" and more.

Pray to God, and Wash Your Hands

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How should Christians act during the coronavirus epidemic? There have been many epidemics throughout the history of the church. For example, in 1527, there was an outbreak of plague in Martin Luther’s city of Wittenberg. Since Luther was a pastor’s pastor, many asked him for advice. Here’s some of what he told them: I shall
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The Short Commandment 

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Jesus commanded you to love (Mark 12:31). Paul said that if you do not have love, you are nothing (1 Cor 13:2). And John said “We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death” (1 John 3:14). Love is
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Created and Re-Created Freely

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“Luther’s doctrine of justification has frequently been attacked for being monotonous, empty, and even obsessive.” So notes Oswald Bayer in his article, “Justification as the Basis and Boundary of Theology.” Sound familiar? GES’s emphasis on the promise of everlasting life has faced the same criticism. Bayer continues to explain that Emmanuel Swedenborg caricatured Lutherans in
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J. I. Packer and The Bondage of Tradition

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J. I. Packer, the famed Reformed Anglican theologian, has written more book forewords than anyone I know. It seems that every book published by a Calvinist either has a foreword or an endorsement written by Packer. Packer, along with O. R. Johnston, translated Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will (Westwood, NJ: Revell, 1957). They
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