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= Robert Nicholas Wilkin                                                                       = Robert Nicholas Wilkin (born 1952) is the Executive Director of Grace Evangelical Society, editor of Grace in Focus magazine, and co-host of Grace in Focus Radio.

Early life and education
Wilkin was born and raised in Southern California. He graduated from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Science in 1973. He then studied at Dallas Theological Seminary where he earned a Master of Theology (1982) and a Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament (1985). He was mentored by Zane Hodges from his time at Dallas Seminary to Hodges’s death in 2008.

Professional life
Wilkin was college campus staff for Campus Crusade for Christ between 1974-1978. After graduating from seminary, he taught at Dallas Bible College (Woodcrest College) in 1985. He then became Professor of Biblical Languages and Bible at Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah Biblical Seminary), from 1986-1987. He founded Grace Evangelical Society in 1986. He has ministered at Victor Street Bible Chapel in East Dallas since 1992.

Thought
Wilkin is Plymouth Brethren. He holds to Free Grace Theology, Premilleniallism, Dispensationalism, and Biblical inerrancy. Notable doctrine are that salvation is by faith apart from works; that the object of saving faith is Jesus's promise of eternal life (or the equivalent); that repentance is from works, and that repentance is not a condition to be born again; the assurance is the essence of saving faith; the election is to service, not to eternal life ; and that the atonement has some unlimited benefits, and some limited benefits.

Personal life
Wilkin married Sharon Ann Dallas in 1976.

Selected publications

 * Confident in Christ: Living By Faith Really Works (1999, 2015)
 * The Road to Reward: A Biblical Theology of Eternal Rewards (2003, 2014)
 * Secure and Sure: Grasping the Promises of God (2005)
 * The Grace New Testament Commentary (2010)
 * The Ten Most Misunderstood Words in the Bible (2012)
 * Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment (2013)
 * Gospel of Doubt: The Legacy of John MacArthur's The Gospel According to Jesus (2015)
 * Inerrancy for Dummies (2016)
 * Vital Issues in the Inerrancy Debate (2016)
 * Grudem Against Grace: Defending Free Grace Theology (2018)
 * Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance (2019)