What Does Jesus Mean by “Understand” in the Parable of Four Soils?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about the Parable of the Four Soils. Why is it that especially in the Matthew and the Mark account, only the fourth soil understands and accepts the word? Is understands and accepts equivalent to believes? - Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Does the Parable of the Sower Teach That a Person Has Only One Chance to Believe?
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again answering one of your questions. In the Parable of the Sower, Is Jesus presenting that once sown, there is only one chance for the seed to be effective? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
The Parable of the Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37
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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!
The Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son – Luke 15:1-32
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing another “Tough Text” – a chapter in Luke where Jesus tells three parables about lost items. What do these lost items represent? What is the point of these three Parables? What is the condition of the representative items in regard to regeneration? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parable of the Four Soils – Luke 8:11-15
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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 Four Soils. It is a tough text because it is often not interpreted properly, but Jesus actually interprets this one for us! So how can some misinterpret it? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats –Matthew 25:31-46
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing another parable in the Olivet Discourse. Or is it actually a parable? This one is about the “Sheep” and the “Goats.” They are the Tribulation survivors, but whom do the sheep and the goats represent? Why are they being separated? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25:14-30
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing another “Tough Text” – “The Parable of the Talents”. What is a talent? Why are the servants given different amounts of talents? What are the lessons of this parable? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parable of the Ten Virgins – Matthew 25:1-13
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again looking at a “Tough Text” in Matthew’s Gospel. The Parable of the Ten Virgins is our topic for this episode. Who are the characters in this parable, and what is the parable driving at? How should it be understood and applied? Please listen - and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
The Parable of the Just and Unjust Servant – Matthew 24:45-51
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Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are continuing their “Tough Texts” series. Who is the just and who is the unjust servant of Matthew 24? This is one of many stories Jesus told during His teaching on the Mount of Olives. We call this teaching, “The Olivet Discourse.” What is this particular story all about? And to what time period does it apply? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!