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October 29, 2025

How Are Iniquities Passed From Father to Son?

blessings, Exodus 20:5-6, Father, generation, Generational, Iniquities, Judgement, Mercy, Passed, Romans 1, Son, wrath

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Philippe Sterling and Sam Marr are answering a question from a Exodus 20:5-6, a reference about the sins of the father being passed to the third and fourth generation. What does this mean and how does this happen? How does grace interface with or relate to this concept? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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September 8, 2025

The Parable of the Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37

believing, Compassion, eternal life, Good, Inherit, Luke 10:25-37, Mercy, Neighbor, Parable, Samaritan

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are continuing their exploration of various “Tough Texts” with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Does this parable argue that works are necessary to make it into the kingdom of heaven? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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“They Don’t Play in Orange County”

January 3, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - discipline, Mercy, Prov 21:15, wrath

As I write this blog, a video is making the rounds on certain news channels as well as YouTube. I am sure many of you have seen it. The video starts with two young women going into various stores in California. They steal numerous items. When I was younger, my friends and I would sometimes

Listening to People of Grace (Luke 6:45)

September 23, 2024 by Ken Yates in Blog - critical attitude, doctrine, Grace, Luke 6:37-45, Mercy

In Luke 6, the Lord gives a sermon called the Sermon on the Plain. In it, He refers to a tree that produces good fruit and a tree that produces bad fruit (6:43). Even though many think He is talking about how we recognize a believer, that is not the case. Instead, the Lord refers

Forgiving People We Have Never Met

October 6, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Fellowship, Forgiveness, Mercy

Even though she died 25 years ago, I still remember the story of Karla Faye Tucker. In 1998 she made national news by being the first woman executed in the state of Texas since the Civil War. When you saw her in interviews, it was hard to imagine that she could have done the things

Nobody Has Out-sinned the Grace of God

September 7, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Chronicles 31, 2 Kings 21, Forgiveness, Grace, Manasseh, Mercy

Manasseh, one of the kings of Judah, was not a good man. He brought a great deal of grief upon his people. He ruled for 55 years and is described by the author of 2 Kings as the evilest king in the nation’s history (2 Kgs 21:1-16). When God gave the Jews the Promised Land,

Remembering the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:21-35)

August 23, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy

One lesson from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Matt 18:21-35 is that as believers, we have received grace from God. When we come down hard on others who sin, it is often true that we have been guilty of the same sin. We need to look at ourselves before being quick to judge

July 20, 2023

Romans–Part 26–Romans 9:14-33

Compassion, Free-will, Gentiles, God’s Power, Hardened, heart, Israel, Mercy, Pharaoh, Romans 9:14-33

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are continuing to look at the (sometimes difficult) issues of Romans chapter 9. Did God really harden Pharaoh’s heart? And was this part of God’s predestination of Pharaoh? Yet the Old Testament account says that Pharaoh hardened his own heart first. How does Pharaoh play into Paul’s argument in Romans chapter 9? How does God use his life and choices? Listen and enjoy today’s episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

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The Mercy of the Lord (Psalm 106)

March 21, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - discipline, Forgiveness, Mercy, Psalm 106

Psalm 106 is, in one sense at least, like the speech of Stephen right before he is stoned to death by the Jews in Acts 7. The psalmist reviews the history of the Jewish people. It is not a pretty picture. He speaks of their many sins. These sins included complaining against God, idolatry, sacrificing

Believers with Hard Hearts (Mark 6:52; 8:17)

January 19, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - heart, Mark 3:5, Mark 6:52, Mark 8:17, Mercy

One of the unique characteristics of the book of Mark is that it is the only Gospel that comments that the Lord’s believing disciples had hard hearts. Mark himself tells us so (6:52), and the Lord does as well (8:17). Many have commented that the Gospel of Mark paints the disciples in a more negative