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How Are the Righteous Saved By Suffering For Christ – 1 Peter 4:12-19?

January 15, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 4:12-19, Blessed, Christ, Fellowship, Galatians 6:9, glory, joy, Proverbs 11:31, Reproach, rewards, Saved, Soul, Suffering

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro will continue to lead us through a verbal commentary of 1 Peter. We are sometimes surprised when […]

Why Are Our Suffering and Service Especially Meaningful in These Last Days – 1 Peter 4:1-11?

January 14, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 4:1-11, 2 Timothy 4:1, Account, Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31, Christ, Endurance, gift, glory, judge, last days, Persecution, Reward, Romans 14:9, service, Spiritual, Suffering, Victory

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are describing the expectation and value of suffering for Christ, especially in these last days. Why Do […]

Is Suffering For Christ to Be Expected – 1 Peter 3:13-22?

January 13, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 3:13-22, Deliverance, Expected, glory, Protection, provision, righteousness, Salvation, Soul, Suffer, Suffering

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are continuing a their current study of 1 Peter. How does the “Salvation of the Soul” in 1 […]

Working Out Our Salvation – Government and Work (1 Peter 2:13-25)

January 9, 2026 1 Peter. 1 Peter 2:13-25, Government, Honor, Salvation, slaves, Suffering, work, Working

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro will move to the last half of 1 Peter chapter 2. This section will instruct us how […]

The Salvation of Your Soul in Relation to God and to the Brethren (1 Peter 1:13-25)

January 7, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 1:13-25, Brethren, God, Grace, holy, Isaiah 40:6-8, Obedient, Salvation, service, Soul, Suffering

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are describing the salvation of the soul in 1 Peter 1, both in relation to our Lord […]

What Is the “Salvation of Your Soul” (1 Peter 1:3-12)?

January 6, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 1:3-12, Faith, Fullness, glory, Hope, Inheritance, Living, Refinement, Salvation, Soul, Suffering, trials

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are continuing a recently begun study of 1 Peter. 1 Peter 1:3-12 is like a preface to the […]

Introduction to 1 Peter, 1 Peter 1:1-2

January 5, 2026 1 Peter, 1 Peter 1:1-2, Elect, Epistle, General, Introduction, Nero, Outline, Persecution, Pilgrims, Rome, Salvation, Soul, Suffering

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are beginning a short commentary-style series on the New Testament book of 1 Peter. They will cover […]

Give Me the Bad News First

October 6, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Cor 4:17, Luke 10:10–16, rewards, Suffering

We have all heard someone say, “I have good news and bad news.” When confronted with such a choice, most of us will say, “Give me the bad news first.” […]

Save Your Life By Losing It? – Mark 8:34-38

September 9, 2025 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 […]

I Will Follow You, Lord!

September 8, 2025 by Ken Yates in Blog - Discipleship, Luke 9:51-58, Suffering

In Luke 9:57, the Lord is on His way to Jerusalem to suffer and die. While He is “on the road” to that destination, a man comes up to Him […]

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Sealed with the Spirit: Another Look (2 Cor 1:22)

Throughout my Christian life, I have heard the phrase “sealed by the Holy Spirit.” The Spirit is the believer’s guarantee. Based upon Eph 1:13-14, many say...

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