James warns us about being “hearers only” (James 1:22). The hearer only does not hear the Truth. And the hearer only gives assent to the Truth. He sees that the Bible does in fact teach total depravity, election, limited atonement, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
James tells us, "The double minded man is unstable in all of his ways." Who is this double minded man? The word means literally, "two sided." It signifies divided interests. The double minded man seeks to trust Christ and himself. He believes...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“He delivered Jesus to their will” (Luke 23:25). And what was their will? “Crucify Him, crucify Him.” That is man’s will in a nutshell. That teaching that says God wants to save all men, Christ died for all men, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Galatians 6:16 “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them.” And what is this rule we walk by? The Law? No. It is this, “God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Believe ye that I am able to do this?” (Matthew 9:28). This was a question the Lord asked two blind men regarding His ability to give them sight. Their answer was, “Yea, Lord.” Here we are given an illustration of what...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I was reading the “Faith Values” section of the newspaper. It now posts various blogs from pastors of churches in our area. In all of these blogs, there was not a drop of Gospel. It saddened me that the truth of the Gospel does not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
David said, “I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37:25).God will never forsake a righteous man. This gives us some glimpse of what was going on while Christ...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I was reading the “Faith Values” section of the newspaper. It now posts various blogs from pastors of churches in our area. In all of these blogs, there was not a drop of Gospel. It saddened me that the truth of the Gospel does not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
God’s grace saves. That means more than deliverance from hell - although that is a great blessing. There are many things grace does. Among those things are how it affects our view of ourselves and how it affects our view of others.Grace...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
David said, “I have been young, and now am old: yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” (Psalm 37:25). God will never forsake a righteous man. This gives us some glimpse of what was going on...[ abbreviated | read entire ]