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Lighting a Lamp: Mark 4:21-23 (Part 3)

February 16, 2026 by Ken Yates in Blog - disciples, four soils, parables

In two previous blogs (see here and here), I pointed out that the Lord uses the illustration of lighting a lamp and placing it on a lampstand. Nobody would light […]

Is There Only One Point to a Parable? What Are Best Practices for Interpreting Parables?

August 14, 2025 Allegory, four soils, Genre, Hermeneutics, Interpretation, Luke 15, Parable, Point, Prodigal

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 […]

Is Discipleship an All or Nothing Deal? Are There Degrees of Discipleship?

June 19, 2025 Christ, Counting Cost, Degrees, Discipleship, four soils, Judgment Seat, Luke 14:28, Luke 8:11-15, Luke 9:62, Suffering

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and Kathryn Wright are answering a question discipleship. Did Jesus present discipleship as an all or nothing deal – i.e. […]

What Is the Role of Prayer in Bible Study?

July 3, 2024 Acts 17:11, Bible study, four soils, Hebrews 11:6, Interpretation, Prayer, Role

Welcome to the Grace in Focus radio. Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are answering a question about prayer and Bible study. If people pray when they study the Bible, why […]

If Demons Can Have Faith, What Does Their Faith Produce? Also: What About Luke 8:12 & Philippians 1:6?

June 6, 2024 belief, Believe, demons, Faith, four soils, giving, James 2:19, Luke 8:11-12, Philippians 1:16, rewards, Saved

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Mike Lii are talking about Jesus’ parable of the four soils and about whether demons can have saving faith. Which […]

Does 2 Corinthians 5:10 and the Bema Contradict Calvinism’s Teaching About Perseverance? Also: Can Supporters of Homosexuals and of Abortion Be Saved?

July 25, 2023 1 Cor 9:27, 2 Cor 5:10, Abortion, Bema, Ecumenicalism, four soils, Heb 10:10; 14, Hebrews Warning Passages, homosexual, Luke 8:11-15, Perseverance, Salvation

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are answering a few questions wrapped into one. How is teaching about the Bema related to Calvinism? Also, […]

In the Parable of the Wedding Feast, How Is the Outer Darkness Related to the Four Soils of Luke 8:11-15?

June 21, 2023 2 Tim 2:10-13, four soils, Luke 8:11-15, Matt 22:13-14, outer darkness, ruling

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are answering a question about “the outer darkness” spoken of in Matthew 22. Is this outer darkness related […]

If You Throw Away or Abandon Your Faith, How Can You Still Be Saved?

February 7, 2023 1 Cor 15:2, 1 John 2:19, Col 1:21-23, Flesh, four soils, Heb 10:23-25, Heb 3:12-14, John 11:26, John 3:16, John 6:35-37, Luke 8:13, New Nature

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates answer a question about “falling away from the faith.” What is the meaning of this phrase? Many say […]

In the Parable of the Wedding Feast, How is the Outer Darkness Related to the Four Soils of Luke 8:11-15?

September 28, 2022 2 Tim 2:10-13, four soils, Luke 8:11-15, Mt 22:13-14, outer darkness, ruling

Welcome to Grace in Focus Radio. Steve Elkins and Bob Wilkin will be answering questions on the show today. First, the guys will discuss the parable of the wedding feast, […]

How Context Helps (Mark 4:3)

October 4, 2018 by Ken Yates in Blog - context, four soils, hardened hearts, Mark 4:1-20, rewards

In Mark 4:3, Jesus begins the Parable of the Four Soils: “Listen! Behold a sower went out to sow.” Anyone exposed to Free Grace teaching in regards to this parable […]

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