Grace in Focus

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are discussing a question about correcting spiritual leaders. Should we protect those in sin if they are pastors or so-called“anointed” to some spiritually sounding position? What does it mean to be “Called” by God? Please listen and never miss an episode of

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are discussing parables and the interpretating of them. Can a parable have more than one point? What are best practices in interpretation of parables? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are discussing a cultural shift in worship style among younger generations. The trend seems to be toward the ancient traditional and away from the seeker-friendly model. The pendulum is swinging. Why is this happening? Is this good or bad? Please listen today

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are looking at what should motivate a Christian to follow Christ as Lord? There are a variety of motivations – Is there a hierarchyof motivations? …some that are better than others? …more godly than others? How can we come closer to the

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are answering how to respond when someone else misuses Scripture. How do we stay out of the controversial weeds but yetconfront the essential things? How do we decide what is essential? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are fielding a question about the Church? Does the Church appear in the Old Testament? Perhaps in some representative form? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are answering two questions. Should it be said about Old Testament saints and tribulation Saints that they are “In Christ”? Question #2: In what sense is Jesus is the Son of God? What makes Jesus the Son of God? Thanks for listening

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are answering a question from 2 Timothy about one of Paul's statements near the end of his life. He says God is “able to keep” what he had committed to Him “until that day.” What had Paul committed and when is “that

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are answering a question from about evangelizing. What should we say and how? What was the pattern of Jesus in evangelizing?Thank you for listening and keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question about God's call or calling. What is God's call to service? How do we discern that we've received it? Whendoes it come? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are fielding a question about the Judgment of believers. When does it happen and why is it necessary? What is the eschatologicaltimeline according to the Bible? Thank you for listening and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a suggestion that perhaps free grace proponents use John 20:31 to prove that John is the only evangelistic book inthe Bible. How is proof texting used correctly and/or erroneously? What part does intent and context play in determining meaning? Thanks

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question from 1 Corinthians 11 about communion. What is partaking in an “Unworthy manner?” Is this just aboutconfessing sins before communion? What was happening in Corinth that Paul is correcting here? Please listen today and each weekday, to the

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are answering a question from Acts 17:30. God “commands all men to repent.” Why is this? Is it so that all men can receiveeternal salvation? Why else would Paul say this? Thank you for listening and keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about assurance. It seems, with the emphasis by some teachers on repentance, assurance and lordship, ourquestioner finds himself in what he calls, “The freak-out mode!” This kind of non-free grace teaching can be confusing and anxiety producing. How

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are fielding a question about anxiety and the assurance of salvation. How can an anxious person or one who struggles with anxiety dealwith the tendency to doubt and worry about the reality of Eternal Salvation? Thank you for listening and keep grace

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillippe Sterling are talking about things they learned while at Dallas Theological Seminary. Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of theGrace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillippe Sterling are Continuing yesterday's topic, discussing some lessons learned as they served with Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU), especially the lessons learned from sharing the gospel through the CRU method. Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillippe Sterling are continuing yesterday's topic, discussing some lessons learned as they served with Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU), especially the lessons while sharing the gospel with others. Thank you for listening and stay tuned for part 2!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillippe Sterling are talking about their own coming to Faith in Christ for Eternal Salvation. For both, it happened through the mission work ofCampus Crusade. Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are fielding a question about the “veiled gospel” in 2 Corinthians 4. Is this talking about the gospel of eternal salvation? What does the greater context of 2 Corinthians contribute to how this question should be handled? Please listen and never miss

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are discussing a question about cultural feminism. If a person (even a Christian) is espousing the values of what is known as feminism today (i.e. anti-marriage, anti-men, anti-children), are they walking in darkness? In our dark political climate, how should we think,

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are answering a question about giving. Obviously, God values a giving heart and a cheerful giver. His example to us is one of giving. But what are some principles we can follow as best stewardship practices and priorities? Please listen today and each

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are Continuing yesterday's topic, discussing some lessons learned on a recent GES sponsored mission trip. What are GES gospelefforts like in other countries? What about the most recent mission trip? Can others (like you & me) participate in these trips? Please listen

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Ken Yates and Kathryn Wright are talking about some GES recent mission activities. The free-grace gospel is being taught and is triumphing! Please listen to this andevery episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are fielding a question on eschatological timing. When do certain judgment events happen? When is the “Great White Throne”judgment? When does the “Judgment Seat of Christ” take place? Thank you for listening and keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are discussing a question about Gentiles. Did any receive the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost as the believing Jews did? If previous gentile believers weren't present for that event, when did they receive the Holy Spirit, if at all? Thanks

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are continuing with yesterday's topic, testing ourselves to see if we are born again. This discussion is based on a listener question and upon asermon preached by Marty Lyon. Does the Bible ask us to always be doubtfully focused on whether or not

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are discussing a sermon that as preached about a believer's essential necessity to examine the self to be assured of possessingeternal salvation. It seems that doubt is proposed as a beneficial thing. Could this be true according to the Bible? What about

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are talking about the possibility of losing Eternal Salvation and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Does the book of Jude suggest this isprobable or even possible? Bob will be explaining especially verses 4 and 19. Please listen to this and every

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering if both Calvinists and Arminians teach a works salvation. Is one group more honest about their works gospel than the other? What are the distinguishing features of each? What does the Gospel of John say to each group? Thank you

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillipe Sterling are continuing on the topic of angels. What parts of the Bible say the most about Angels? Just flipping through the Bible, in where would you stop to find information about angels? We will highlight eight stops. Obviously, Genesis is one. Which

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Phillipe Sterling are talking about angels – today, one in particular. He is the antagonist in God's story. His primary name is Satan. But how many other names or descriptors do you think he has? Please listen each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are talking some questions about Aliens and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). Are aliens angels? Is it possible? Please listen and keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are talking demons. What are they? Where did they come from? Are they fallen angels? How many are there? Are there Biblical indications concerning this? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillipe Sterling are continuing about angels. How many angels are there? What actually happened in Genesis 6 that precipitated the flood? Who are the Nephilim in the Bible? What are demons? Are they simply fallen angels? Please listen and never miss an episode of

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Phillipe Sterling are continuing of the topic of angels, basically covering the nature of angels. Do angels have bodies? Do angels have wings? What are the categories or different types of angels? What are the roles angels play? How many angels are there and

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Phillipe Sterling are beginning a short series about angelology; angels, demons and Satan. We know much about timing through the days of creation from Genesis 1-3, but when were angelic beings created? If you want to understand angels better, please listen to the next few

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are answering a question about entering the Kingdom. The question comes from Matthew 18:3-4, especially the word “Converted,” a quite rare word in scripture. How about “Inheriting the kingdom”? Is this the same as “Entering”? Also, how many ways does scripture talk

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are talking about contemporary demonic activity. Some say it is more prevalent in some countries than in the United States. Is this so? Why would this be? What are Biblical indications concerning this? Please listen to this and every episode of the

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are discussing the timing of the judgment of the goats mentioned in Matthew 25. Who are these goats, and why are they called goats? What is the judgment they receive and why? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are answering a question discipleship. Did Jesus present discipleship as an all or nothing deal – i.e. “You're all in or you're not at all a disciple”? What is the meaning of this verse? Thanks for listening and keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are answering a question about believers reigning in the Millennium. In light of Revelation 20, will this be true for all believers? Why does this passage sound like this could be the case? Please listen each weekday to the Grace in Focus podcast!

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

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are talking about a seeming paradox. Why were the apostles promised blessings and rewards by Christ for following Him, but they seemed to suffer so much? How did they maintain joy through this suffering? Please listen to this and every episode of

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about election. Obviously, the Bible does talk about election, but there are differing views of what it means. Is there a Biblically consistent view? As a free grace organization, where does the Grace Evangelical Society stand? Thank you

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about Matthew 5:22 where it talks about being in danger of hellfire. If a believer calls someone else a fool, are they in this kind of danger? What is the meaning of this verse? Thanks for listening &

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a follow-up question about a carnal Christian. Can a carnal Christian be in fellowship with God? What is the difference between carnal, natural, and spiritual? Is there a distinction between ignorance and rebellion? What is the definition of being in fellowship

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about Abraham and the timing of his justification. What are the different views? Both Old Testament and New Testament passages shed light on this question. Keep grace in focus!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are talking about John 20:23. This is a curious verse in which disciples are given the ability both to forgive and to retain sins. What in the world does this retaining refer to? Please listen to this and every episode of the

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are discussing Easter, Resurrection and related topics. Christ's resurrection means that believers will also rise into glorified bodies someday, but what are some practical benefits of Christ's resurrection in our daily here and now? How does it relate for instance, to discipleship