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June 17, 2025

Why Did Old Testament Believers Need to Offer Animal Sacrifices? Also: Is Jesus King Now?

1 John 1:7, 1 John 1:9, Animal, Believers, Fellowship, Jesus, King, Lord, Lordship, Old Testament;, Romans 3:25, Sacrifice, Sacrifices, systematic theology

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about Old Testament Believers. If Christ’s sacrifice for sin on the cross was sufficient for all people for all time, why did believers in the Old Testament economy still have to make sacrifices to restore fellowship? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

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October 12, 2021

Are the Future “New Heavens &; The New Earth Going to be a Renovation or a Completely New Creation?

2 Peter 3:10-12., End Times, New Earth, New Heavens, Prophecy, Rev 21:1-3, systematic theology

Today on Grace in Focus radio, Bob and Shawn will be answering questions from our listeners. The guys will be discussing Revelation 21:1-3 and the idea of "new heavens and a new earth." Does this phrase mean that this world will be completely destroyed, or that it will simply we renovated? Bob will discuss 2 Peter 3:10-12 as it relates to this topic. You won't want to miss this exciting topic!

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Highlights of the Oct 26-29, 2020, GES National Conference

November 4, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Christology, Israelology, Pneumatology, Replacement Theology, systematic theology, theology proper

Our conference was originally scheduled for May 18-21. We moved it back five months due to Covid-19. The attendance was down. Normally we have around 200. We had 115 the first three days and 100 on day four. In the coronavirus new normal, that was surprisingly good attendance. Between 30 and 60 people watched the

The Classical Understanding of Christ (Christology, Part 2)

September 26, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christology, systematic theology

Who is Jesus? What kind of a man is He? Was He a man at all? Why can He give believers eternal life? Christology is the branch of theology that studies questions about the person and work of Christ. As you can imagine, hundreds of books have been written to answer those questions. Where can

What Kind of Man Is This? (Christology, Part 1)

September 24, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christology, systematic theology

One day, after ministering to huge crowds, Jesus and the disciples went sailing when the Lord, being tired, fell fast asleep. Then the winds picked up a little. And the sea became choppy. It wasn’t enough to worry those seasoned fishermen, though. And Jesus didn’t stir. Then the winds became a storm. Waves splashed hard

God Is Omniscient: God’s Middle Knowledge

September 11, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foreknowledge, middle knowledge, molinism, omniscience, systematic theology

Imagine that Laura is a doctor. Laura chose to become a doctor because her mother developed Lou Gehrig’s disease, and she had to learn how to care for her mother. That sparked Laura’s passion for medicine. But what if Laura’s mother had never developed the disease? Would Laura still have become a doctor? And is

God Is Omniscient: God’s Foreknowledge

September 6, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - foreknowledge, omniscience, systematic theology

God knows everything that is possible to know. But one question that has been hotly debated—is it possible for God to know the future? That is, does God have foreknowledge? What does the Bible say? First, it says that God can make declarations about the future because He knows the goals that He wants to

God Is Omniscient: God Knows All That Is

September 4, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - omniscience, systematic theology

God is all-knowing. But what, exactly, does that knowledge include? For one, God knows everything in the present. For example, God knows all about you and how you act, think, and speak. In fact, He knows what you’ll say before you even say it: You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted

God Is Omniscient: Introduction

September 3, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - omniscience, systematic theology, theology

In the last hundred years, human knowledge has exploded. Currently, it doubles every thirteen months, and it may soon double every twelve hours! We know more about the universe now than we ever have before, and a year from now we’ll know double that much! Long gone are the days of having “Renaissance” men like

God Is Omnipresent

August 23, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - doctrine of God, omnipresence, systematic theology

The ancients thought their gods were limited to certain places. A god was in this tree or city, or only had power over that mountain or river. Outside of his or her particular domain, the god was powerless. By contrast, in Biblical thought, God is omnipresent. That means that, unlike creatures (or pagan gods and