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May 2, 2025

Should Lay People Read the Writings of Those Who Preach a False Gospel?

False, Free Grace Salvation, Gospel, Lay People, Lordship Salvation, Read, teaching, works salvation

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are fielding a question about those preach or teach a false gospel. Should those who may be beginners in theology read their material? Is the risk worth the gain? What is the best way to use commentaries that may have questionable material?

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July 17, 2024

The Gospel Is Still Under Siege

Bob Wilkin, Book, Ephesians 2:8-9, Gospel, Under Siege, works salvation, Zane Hodges

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are talking about Bob’s new book, a sequel to one of Zane Hodges’ books. The Gospel is Still Under Siege is the title. How and why is the gospel under siege these days? What was the motivation for Bob to write this sequel? Bob

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May 17, 2024

What Does Flexible Free Grace Say About Lordship Salvation and Works Salvation?

Flexible, Focused, Free Grace, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:35-47, Lordship Salvation, works salvation

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are concluding their week-long discussion about Focused and Flexible Free Grace. Two mindsets that are against all Free Grace (or most so-called Free Grace) positions are Lordship Salvation and works salvation. What do these look like? Please listen for an interesting Biblical discussion

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November 6, 2023

Was Anyone Saved Before the Reformation?

1 John 2:24-26, church history, Evangelizing Children, False Gospel, Gal 1:8-9, Reformation, works salvation

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin is answering a question about what went wrong in church history–as far as keeping the message of God’s grace for eternal salvation untainted by works. Is there a large gap in church history where no one was saved by grace through faith apart from works? And

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How Do You Define a Works-Salvation Cult?

April 7, 2023 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - characteristics of a cult, works salvation

John saw a blog I wrote about believers falling from grace. He asked this question: “I saw in one of your articles [see here] that you were talking about work-salvation cults. Would you consider the Catholic Church as a work-salvation cult?” Nearly all cults reject justification by faith alone—even if they indicate formal agreement with

June 27, 2022

Doesn’t Lordship Salvation Conflict with Unconditional Election in Calvinism? Also: How Can a Calvinist Ever Be Sure that They are Elect?

Assurance, Calvinism, unconditional election, works salvation

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob and Shawn will be responding to a few questions regarding the doctrine of election. First, does Lordship salvation conflict with the teaching of unconditional election in Calvinism? Also, can a Calvinist ever be sure of their salvation? We will also hear the guys discuss the phrase “final

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Are There Saving Promises That Are Not Clearly Irrevocable?

May 4, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Acts 10:43, Object of Saving Faith, works salvation

A friend, A. D., sent me a quote from a seminary professor who argues that there are saving promises in the NT that are not clearly irrevocable. Or, stated differently, that professor argues that one can believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of his past sins only and be saved. Here is a portion of

How Can Someone Be Against Works Salvation and in Favor of It?

April 25, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - assurance by works, works salvation

Recently, a pastor friend sent me a blog with an interesting title, “10 Flavors of Works-Based Salvation.” It is by Pastor Ed Moore of North Shore Baptist Church in Bayside, NY. You can read the article here. I agree with eight of the ten flavors Moore cites. The first four are salvation by philanthropy, works

How Bad Is the Tradition of Salvation by Works? Evaluating Tradition in Light of Scripture

October 22, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Final Salvation, perseverance theology, works salvation

Catholic churches teach works salvation. So do Eastern Orthodox churches. So do most Protestant churches. Matthew Bates is associate professor of theology at Quincy University in Quincy, IL. He has written several books on justification by works. The first was called Salvation by Allegiance Alone (Baker, 2017). The second was titled Gospel Allegiance (Brazos, 2019).

Michael Eaton on the Legalism of the New Perspective on Paul

October 5, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - legalism, Michael Eaton, new perspective on Paul, works salvation

Seminary students and pastors will have heard of the “New Perspective on Paul” (or “covenantal nomism”) championed by scholars such as N. T. Wright, James D. G. Dunn, and E. P. Sanders, and reflected (I think) in popular movements such as the “Federal Vision.” The critical issue with the New Perspective is that it promotes