Do You Know What a Biblical Type Is?
When people go to Bible college or seminary, they learn the meaning of words that the general public often doesn’t know. When taking Biblical Greek, my classmates and I commented that we learned English grammar while we were learning Greek grammar. The word type is well-known to theologians. Merriam-Webster says that one meaning of type […]
Wamura’s Wall
In the 1960’s, a man named Kotoko Wamura governed the Japanese town of Fudai. During his years as mayor, he commissioned the construction of a seawall. Due to tsunamis in the region, many coastal towns like Fudai have seawalls, but Wamura’s wall was considered an overreaction, towering over fifty feet tall. It was the largest […]
Have You Beheld the Beauty of the Lord Lately?
We are working hard to have a one-volume OT commentary in print by the end of 2026. I’ve completed the first draft of my commentary on Leviticus. I’m two-thirds of the way through Genesis. And just today I finished my commentary on Psalm 27. I’m doing the commentary on Book One of the Psalms, which […]
Regional Conference in Idaho
On Mar 9-10, GES conducted a regional conference in Boise, ID at Lake Hazel Bible Church. The topic was Jesus’ parables. We tried to pick parables that are either difficult to interpret or that are often misunderstood. In addition, I did a session on the basics of Free Grace Theology in case there were some […]
What Are Three Spectacular Messianic Prophecies?
The Lord Jesus said that the OT Scriptures “testify of Me” (John 5:39). Hundreds of OT prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus’ first coming. But what are some of the most amazing prophetic passages? This blog is based on one of the answers in the teacher’s guide for my Bible study on the Gospel of John. […]
A Reminder (Psalm 103:15-16)
Meach and Jake. For many years those two names would bring a smile to my face. I attended a military academy and had a number of different roommates. Meach and Jake were two of them. These were not their real names, but nicknames. Formal proper names didn’t fare well in that environment, and they surely […]
Will There Be Women in Heaven?
J. V. asks a very interesting question: I read something the other day by a supposed Christian author that upset me. This author said that in heaven, there will be no women, but that God will turn all females into males. He bases that on the passage that says we will be like the angels […]
Inerrancy Panel Discussion
On February 29, a panel discussion on the topic of inerrancy was held in Bonham, Texas, located in the northeast corner of the state, not far from Oklahoma. There are no Free Grace churches in the area. The event was well attended, with about forty people present. Joe Moore, a friend of GES, put the […]
When Were the Books of the New Testament Written?
Most liberal NT scholars believe that some of the books of the NT were written in the first half of the second century. However, John A. T. Robinson argued in his 1976 book Redating the New Testament that all NT books were written before AD 70. See this article by Denis O’Callaghan. He discusses a […]
Why Can’t You Buy Yourself a Gift?
I don’t know if it is technically correct to call something you buy for yourself a gift. But I’ve heard people say that. So, I decided to do a Google search. I typed in “buying yourself a gift.” I was surprised to find that there were 566 million results. The first result said, “Research has […]