(The following are some items I have previously published, but now with some revision. Talking of Christ and all He accomplished is always a good thing. Our lives are short, and eternity is long. We need to be ready for eternity. Christ is the only... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23)We hear much about sin, but do we really grasp what it is, and what it really means? I often think that all of us don’t have the understa [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Today I am sharing with you two brief articles by J. C. Ryle, the great Anglican archbishop of Liverpool for most of the nineteenth century. He was a man who stood without apology for the gospel preached in the old time way of the apostles. He was [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
1. The Absolute Supremacy of Holy ScriptureShow us anything, plainly written, in that Book, we will receive it, believe it, and submit to it. Show us anything contrary to that Book, and however sophisticated, plausible, beautiful and apparently... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Please note: Marianne Lordi is a friend of mine who writes on several blogs. She is unique in that she is able to minister to many hurting people who contact her through her blog, or email. She also has services at the women's prison in Ohio where... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Please note: this first article was placed here once before, in January 2010. I was in the middle of a study on Philippians at that time. I didn't finish the study, but I covered most of the first chapter, both in preaching and writing. I was recen [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (I Timothy 1:15).Paul the apostle, whose conversion was a classic example, a pattern, as he said himself in verse... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
This world sees Christ as a fool, the Bible as a lie and God as a myth. None of this surprises us.Most in Hollywood see Christ as either unimportant or as a fool. The politicians see Him as afool, because practically all of them are “Christians”... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Paul was different from simply an average preacher in that he was an apostle. An apostle is a delegate; a commissioner of the gospel; literally one sent forth. The original ones who saw the Lord, as Saul did, had miraculous powers, as is stated in... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
