Grace in Focus
In this unique 13-minute show, Bob Wilkin and guests discuss issues that are vital to justification and sanctification, while keeping those issues distinct. Topics discussed include assurance of salvation, evangelism, eternal rewards, problem passages, perseverance theology, Calvinism and Arminianism, how to interpret Scripture, eschatology, and current issues in Free Grace Theology.
What Is Meant By “In Which You Stand”(1 Corinthians 15:1) and “If You Do Not Believe I Am”(John 8:24)?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering two questions. One is from 1 Corinthians 15:1. What does it mean to Stand? Is it about maintaining eternal salvation orabout standing steadfastly in the Christian faith by the power of Christ’s death, burial & resurrection? A second is from John 8:24. Is Jesus wanting his audience to believe in His deity or in His Messiahship? – Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Does Galatians 6:6-10 Teach Salvation By Works?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question from Galatians 6 and about if works play some role in the acquiring of eternal salvation. Does this passage teach a works-based salvation? – Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Should a Muslim Convert Be Baptized Against a Parent’s Wishes?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about a Muslim pleasing his parents who are against his conversion to Christianity. What is the balance between pleasing God and obeying parents especially as a young dependent teenaged person? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Did John the Baptist Command People to Repent of All Their Sins?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are answering a question about John the Baptist, baptism, repentance and remission of sins. Was this about a national or an individual relationship with God? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
What Does Luke 15:32 Mean Concerning the Prodigal Son, That He Was Dead But Is Alive Again?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are once again answering one of your questions. In regard to the prodigal son, why did his father tell his brother about the prodigal having died and come back to life, if the story Jesus told about the prodigal does not support this? Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
In 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Does “Those Who do not Know God” Equal “Those Who do not Obey the Gospel”?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question from 2 Thessalonian 1:8 about obeying the gospel. In this verse, is knowing God equivalent in meaning to obeying the gospel? How perhaps are they referring to the same thing yet different? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Does Ephesians 1:12-13 Teach That Salvation Is a Two-Step Process, Believing Plus Trusting?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about the belief by some that acquiring eternal salvation is a two-step process. Believing facts would be step one and trusting personally would be step two. Does the Bible in any way teach this? Why is this taught? – Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Does Romans 12:3 Teach That Faith Is a Gift?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about faith. Does Romans 12:3 support that saving faith is a gift? (i.e.) Some say that the unbeliever cannot believe unless God gifts faith to that person. How does the context of Romans chapter twelve support or not support this idea? — Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
What Is the Difference Between Free Grace and Hyper-Grace?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about hyper-grace. What is hyper-grace? What is the difference between free grace and hyper-grace?Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Have Our Future Sins Already Been Forgiven?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering one of your questions. What about future sins? Are they already forgiven? Are there different kinds of forgiveness?Please listen, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Was It God’s Will That Charlie Kirk Be Killed?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Sam Marr are answering a question about God’s will related to a tragedy, such as murder. What is God’s will? What is God’s sovereign will and what about His moral will? What about God’s will in regard to sin and human choice? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Why Does the Old Testament Say That God Repented?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about God repenting in the Old Testament. What did God turn from? God didn’t sin did He? Can God change His mind? Please enjoy, and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Why Did Peter and Paul Preach Forgiveness?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about forgiveness of sins and its relation to the gospel and to eternal salvation. What is the Bull’s Eye when talking about eternal salvation? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Do Ephesians 1:4 & Colossians 1:21-23 Teach That We Are Chosen to Persevere in Holiness?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about election or being chosen and specifically what is it that we are chosen to? The question is asked in light of a couple of passages in Paul’s prison epistles. Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Is the New Covenant Operative Today?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are once again answering one of your questions. What is the New Covenant? Is the New Covenant operative today? To whom does the New Covenant apply? Please listen – and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Must a Person Understand He Is a Sinner to Be Saved?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about what is necessary in order to be born again. Is it necessary to admit you are a sinner? Is the forgiveness of our sin(s) the main issue? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Is Remarriage Continual Adultery?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are discussing remarriage and a reference by some teachers that remarriage means a continuous state of adultery. If this is so, will this affect one’s eternal destiny? Thank you for listening to the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Does God Show His Love Equally to All Believers?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about God’s love for believers. Does he show more love to some than others? Does God love all believers in the same amount and the same way? Is the issue more about how or even whether we experience His love? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
When Can Women Speak During a Church Meeting?
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are addressing a question about a woman’s role in the local church. When can a woman speak and/or not speak during a church meeting? What does Paul say? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Does the Parable of the Sower Teach That a Person Has Only One Chance to Believe?
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 Focus Podcast!
Should Children Be Baptized and Should They Participate in Communion?
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 every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Are the Warning Passages in Hebrews About Hell?
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 in Focus Podcast!
What Is Dead Faith – James 2:14-26
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 faith for salvation or about the faith of a believer for living? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Who Are the Overcomers in Revelation 2 & 3
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 an overcomer? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Save Your Life By Losing It? – Mark 8:34-38
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 rewards? Please listen – and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
The Parable of the Good Samaritan – Luke 10:25-37
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 Focus podcast!
Should We Be Doing Good in Order to Have Everlasting Life? – John 5:28-29
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 life by believing for it? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
Do We Need to Confess Christ as Lord to Be Saved – Romans 10:9-10
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 & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parables of the Lost Sheep, Coin, and Son – Luke 15:1-32
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 to regeneration? Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
Turn or Burn? – Luke 13:1-5
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. Why did Jesus say this? What should it mean to those who heard it and to us if anything? Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
The Parable of the Four Soils – Luke 8:11-15
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 listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Believe and Be Baptized and You Will Be Saved –Mark 16:16
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!
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats –Matthew 25:31-46
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? Thanks for listening & never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
The Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25:14-30
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 podcast!
The Parable of the Ten Virgins – Matthew 25:1-13
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 and applied? Please listen – and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
The Parable of the Just and Unjust Servant – Matthew 24:45-51
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.” What is this particular story all about? And to what time period does it apply? Please listen to this and every episode of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Tough Texts in the Sermon on the Mount –Matthew 7:21-23 – The Famous Lordship Passage
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 Focus Podcast!
Tough Texts in the Sermon on the Mount –Matthew 7:15-20 – “You Will Know Them By Their Fruits”
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 of the Grace in Focus podcast!
Are All Believers Guaranteed the Blessings of the Beatitudes
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?” Please listen today and each weekday, to the Grace in Focus podcast!
What Are Tough Texts for Salvation in The Bible and How Do We Handle Them?
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 episodes to see where it goes! Please listen and never miss an episode of the Grace in Focus Podcast!
