2022 GES National Conference Schedule
Schedule: 2022 Grace Conference Schedule/ Last Days Judgments Time Location Event Details Monday, May 23 11:00-12:45 Foyer Registration 12:00-12:30 Dining Hall Lunch Serving line is open for 30 minutes starting at 12:00 12:45-12:55 Main Room Overview/Disclaimer Shawn 1:00-1:40 Main Room Plenary Session 1 Bob Wilkin, No Final Judgment for Believers (John 5:24) 2:00-2:40 Main Room […]
Weaving a Tapestry of Love: Lynda MacGibbon on Loving Your Neighbors
How do you love your neighbors? Since we do not have to work to earn our salvation (Eph 2:8-9; Gal 2:16), grace people are freed up to simply love our neighbors however they need to be loved. But how do you do it? In My Vertical Neighborhood, Lynda MacGibbon tells the story of moving from […]
When Were the Eleven Disciples Born Again?
Tom asked this question. He said he has asked many people this question, and the answers have been quite varied. Some said they were born again before the ministry of John the Baptist. Some said they came to faith through John’s ministry. Others said that they came to faith when Jesus called them to be […]
Confessing Sin Vs. Excusing Sin
Family life—at least our family life—involves a lot of confession. Certainly, my wife and I confess our sins to each other (and I seem to have to do that more frequently than her). I also regularly confess when I’ve done something wrong to the kids—usually blowing my top and yelling. I ask them to forgive […]
Reviewing Books: A Powerful But Neglected Ministry
Paul emailed me with a suggestion. He thought we should make an audiobook of Absolutely Free by Zane Hodges. I like the idea, and we are considering doing that book, as well as books by Ken, Shawn, and me, read by ourselves. More about that in a future blog. I looked at one audiobook by […]
Paul Zahl on Listening
Knowing that God hears me is one of my most comforting thoughts. He hears me when I cry out to Him in whatever situation I am in, especially in my distress. As the Psalmist said: In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His […]
Beware of Confusing Explanations of John 3:16
C.S. points out a major issue in study Bibles and commentaries: So, I just received a new study Bible, and I am curious about the thoughts being presented in it regarding John 3:16. It states that in the New Testament, belief denotes more than intellectual assent to a fact. I don’t necessarily agree with that; […]
Results Will Vary (Ephesians 5:10,18)
I often say one of the hardest things about Christian living is not choosing between right and wrong but between good, better, and best. How do you know what is the best course of action? Paul recognized there were no easy answers: for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; […]
What Did Jesus Purchase by His Death on the Cross?
A podcast/radio listener named Charles asks a great question: I have a question that I’d like to get your opinion on. I’ve been taught that Jesus paid my penalty of death. Jesus died bodily. So, by my reasoning, the penalty of sins is physical death. But if Jesus paid the penalty, then we shouldn’t still die physically. If his bodily […]
Does God Literally Forget Our Sins?
R. S. asks, evidently in response to a blog I wrote in the past, this question: So then when Scriptures say that He will remember our sin no more, that wasn’t true? Heb. 8:12 says, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” Or […]