TROUBLES IN BUNCHES Family trouble is the worst of troubles, in Psalm 3 David flees from Absalom his son. “And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, (David’s counselor/advisor), while he offered sacrifices, and the conspiracy was strong; for the people...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
MESSIAH THE PRINCE IN PSALM 2 Psalm 2 is prophetic of Messiah the Prince; a Psalm of grace, for it sings of the Lord’s anointed. Verses 1-3, “Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CONTRAST IN CHARACTER “The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, or sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE FOOTSTEPS OF A GODLY MAN What orders the footsteps of the godly man? The Word! “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105). “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Blessed is the man” in Psalm 1. The blessed, or happy man negatively lives in a world such as ours and with a nature such as ours, no small part of religion consists in avoiding evil. A negative religion is not sufficient, God’s Word is, “Cease...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE BLESSED MAN “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” Psalm 1:1 David, the shepherd of Israel, starts the collection of the Psalms where...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DISRESPECT TO THE WORD OF GOD DISRESPECT TO THE PREACHER (Terry Worthan, 1938-2022) “Then Elisha went up … to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
CHRIST ABOVE IS THE BELIEVER’S LIFE BELOW Jesus said, “I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2); generally taken to mean heaven. The way prepared for His people actually began at the cross of which He must first suffer. If heaven is a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
JESUS TEACHING ON THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE Did Christ teach the Doctrine of Grace? There would be no debate on the subject if men would allow Scripture to stand on its own. John 6 establishes our Lord’s teaching on the grace of God. The decree...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
ARMINIAN or PELAGIANISM? Those of us in the Calvinistic Faith of the Gospel call those outside the Calvinistic Faith “Arminians” in reference to those who followed the religious views of Jacob Arminius, the Dutch theologian (1560-1609). This is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
