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What’s Wrong with Believing in Jesus as My Only Hope of Heaven? 

October 25, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 1 John 5:13, Hope of heaven, saving faith
At the end of a conference I attended in 2006, the sponsoring church hosted a free evangelistic banquet. Scores of visitors came for the free banquet, which ended with a short evangelistic message. I was struck by the prayer the pastor gave as his evangelistic close. He said, “I don’t understand it all. But as
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Current Issues in Salvation, Part 3: Changing Saving Faith into Saving Work 

August 26, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - John 3:16, saving faith
Many schools and pastors teach that saving faith is not mere persuasion. They call that easy believism or cheap grace. Many teach that saving faith includes turning from sins, surrender, commitment to serve Christ, and even perseverance in obedience that must follow the commitment. The words “whoever believes in Him” in John 3:16 thus become
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Beware of Confusing Explanations of John 3:16 

May 10, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Commitment salvation, John 3:16, saving faith
C.S. points out a major issue in study Bibles and commentaries:  So, I just received a new study Bible, and I am curious about the thoughts being presented in it regarding John 3:16. It states that in the New Testament, belief denotes more than intellectual assent to a fact. I don’t necessarily agree with that;
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Nine Current Free Grace Issues

February 7, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Free Grace Theology, saving faith
A friend sent me a copy of a 2009 booklet by Fred Chay titled The Glorious Grace of God: Understanding Free Grace Theology. I found myself agreeing with much of what he wrote. But I also found several issues that I disagreed with. I believe discussing his booklet helps clarify areas of agreement and disagreement
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Wayne Grudem Makes Works a Part of Saving Faith

September 28, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Grudem, Repentance, saving faith, Works
I have a little test for you, designed to challenge your critical thinking skills. Are you ready? It’s a puzzler! Here it is— If I put a $20 bill into an empty wallet and then put that wallet into my empty pocket, how much money is in my pocket? $20, right? Whatever is in my
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How Would You Define Saving Faith?

September 15, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - faith as intellectual assent, saving faith
I still use the expression saving faith occasionally since it saves a lot of space. By saving faith, I mean faith in the saving object, the gift of God (everlasting life, John 4:10, 14; Eph 2:8) given by the Messiah Giver Jesus (John 4:25-26; 6:47). But what is faith? It probably is no surprise to
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Why Is Faith in Christ Confusing for So Many?

July 26, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - faith as persuasion, saving faith
Hundreds of people send us questions about what it means to believe in Jesus. We answer these questions often in our blogs, podcasts, and videos. John 3:16 says that “whoever believes in Him” will not perish but has everlasting life. Yet the simple words whoever believes in Him are incomprehensive to many, for some reason.
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What Do We Need to Believe about Jesus to Be Saved?

July 7, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Assurance, Eternal Security, evangelism, saving faith
Alex asks: I know from the Bible that you must believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved as mentioned in Acts 16:31 and John 6:47. However, what about Him do we need to believe in order to be saved? The is the $64,000 question, isn’t it? First, I commend Alex for recognizing that
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Do Universalists Have Saving Faith?

June 24, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Eschatology, saving faith, universalism
Q: If assurance is of the essence of saving faith, and universalists have assurance of their salvation through Jesus because they believe everyone will be saved in the end, do they have saving faith? A: That is an interesting question. If I remember correctly, Bob and I discussed either that question or something near to
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Persuading Church People about the Promise of Everlasting Life

November 16, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Eternal Security, evangelism, saving faith, sharing the promise of everlasting life
A pastor asks a very important question: I have been extremely blessed by the ministry of GES and the clarity you all teach with. I recently held a class at my church about eternal security and assurance, and my question is, how do you converse and disciple church members who think that it’s not good
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