Grace in Focus

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again answering one of your questions. In the Parable of the Sower, Is Jesus presenting that once sown, there is only one chance for the seed to be effective? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about children taking communion. Also, part of the discussion is a question about child baptism. Do we have to let children “prove” by their actions they are saved before we let them participate? Please listen to this and

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing passages that are “Tough Texts.” Hebrews has five warning passages. What are they warning about? What you think about these passages will determine what you believe about eternal salvation and assurance of that salvation. Thanks for listening to the Grace

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates continue a series on “Tough Texts,” and will be looking at James 2 and the “Faith without works is dead” phrase. Is there such a thing as dead faith? If there are no works or fruit, is faith faulty? Is this about

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing another “Tough Text” – two chapters in Revelation where overcomers are mentioned. How does a person get to be an overcomer? Why does Jesus keep saying “I know your works?” What victory needs to be won in order to be

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 clearly talking about some pretty heavy works. So could this possibly be about salvation, or is it not obviously about something else like discipleship or

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are continuing their exploration of various “Tough Texts” with the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Does this parable argue that works are necessary to make it into the kingdom of heaven? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing a passage from John's gospel in their “Tough Texts” series. John 5:28-29 seems to say that doing good (vs. believing) will bring everlasting life. How can this be reconciled to the rest of what John says about being given everlasting

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates continue a series on “Tough Texts”. Romans 10:9-10 is another one of these. Who is this passage addressed to? Why do these verses seem to be the “closer” passage for so many gospel presentations? Why is Romans so misunderstood? Thanks for listening

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing another “Tough Text” – a chapter in Luke where Jesus tells three parables about lost items. What do these lost items represent? What is the point of these three Parables? What is the condition of the representative items in regard

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again looking at a “Tough Text” in Luke's Gospel. In chapter 13:1-5, Jesus talks about some people who died, some because of Pilate's meanness and some others who died because a tower fell and they happened to be under it.

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are continuing their exploration of various “Tough Texts” with the Parable of the Four Soils. It is a tough text because it is often not interpreted properly, but Jesus actually interprets this one for us! So how can some misinterpret it? Please

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing a famous passage used (wrongly) to promote Baptismal Regeneration. Why is this passage in the Bible and how should we understand it? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing another parable in the Olivet Discourse. Or is it actually a parable? This one is about the “Sheep” and the “Goats.” They are the Tribulation survivors, but whom do the sheep and the goats represent? Why are they being separated?

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing another “Tough Text” – “The Parable of the Talents”. What is a talent? Why are the servants given different amounts of talents? What are the lessons of this parable? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again looking at a “Tough Text” in Matthew's Gospel. The Parable of the Ten Virgins is our topic for this episode. Who are the characters in this parable, and what is the parable driving at? How should it be understood

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are continuing their “Tough Texts” series. Who is the just and who is the unjust servant of Matthew 24? This is one of many stories Jesus told during His teaching on the Mount of Olives. We call this teaching, “The Olivet Discourse.”

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing a famous passage used (wrongly) to promote Lordship salvation. Why is this passage abused and what is the proper interpretation saying that is actually the opposite of Lordship salvation? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing another text that is often misused in reference to eternal salvation. “By their fruits your shall know them…”. Let's do a hermeneutics practicum… What are the “Fruits” and who is the “Them?” Thanks for listening & never miss an episode

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing the preamble to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount – The Beatitudes. Do the beatitudes necessarily describe someone who is a believer? Is the “Blessed” equivalent to the “Believer?” Are the beatitudes a checklist to see who is a “True Believer?”

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are starting a new series looking at some of the “Tough Texts” in the Bible – especially in regard to eternal salvation and free-grace theology. What are the problem passages? They'll introduce the series today, so stay tuned for the next few

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Leon Adkins are answering a question about the required condition(s) in order to go to heaven. Can a Believer's eternal salvation ever be revoked because they don't maintain holy living? Is the Believer on probation until the end of this life? Please listen to

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