A Good Soldier
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim 2:3) Technically, I was a soldier for over 20 years. But I was not a real soldier. I was a chaplain. As a chaplain I was an officer and I got many benefits that a real soldier did not. If things got […]
My Mayberry
By Ken Yates USOM. My guess is that these four letters mean absolutely nothing to anybody reading this magazine. But they mean a great deal to me, even though I don’t know what the letters stand for. USOM was the name of the very small military installation I lived on when I lived in Pusan, […]
Reflecting on Treasure
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be […]
Going Down the Wrong Road
…for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal 3:21b) When a soldier decides to join one of the elite units in the Army, he must go through very tough training. My best friend when I was in the Army did that […]
Crazy Signs (Acts 17:16, 23)
By Ken Yates In Acts 17, the Apostle Paul finds himself in the city of Athens, Greece. Luke, the author of Acts, tells us that when Paul was in the city his spirit was “stirred” up within him (Acts 17:16). The word has the basic idea of being irritated or provoked about something. Luke tells […]
Q&A
By Staff Judged According to Works? Q: In Rom 2:6-10, Paul tells us that God will “render to each one according to his deeds” and we will be sent to “eternal life” or “indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish” based upon those deeds. How, then, can you teach that salvation is by faith apart from […]
Nothing New Under the Sun
I recently got a text from a friend of mine. He reminded me of a conversation we had recently where we both pointed out that those outside of the Free Grace movement often lay the charge that the Free Grace view of eternal life cannot be true. We hold that eternal life is a free […]
Lots of Benefits — Galatians 3:10-14
GES emphasizes the fact that a person receives eternal life by faith alone in Christ alone. This life, by definition, cannot be lost. We know we have it because of the promise of Christ Himself. It is right that we emphasize such things. However, when we believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life we also […]
More Reflections on the National Conference
…it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. (Jude 3) Bob Wilkin has recently blogged a couple of times about the recently completed GES National Conference. The first one was prior to the conference and the […]
Titles are Not Important
Many people believe that Acts 6 is the account of the first deacons of the church. They may be right. However, the word deacon does not exist in the chapter, although the similar word for “service” does. (For example, in verse two it makes a reference to “serving” tables.) I am told that what the […]