And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen (1 Peter 5.10, 11)...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 Likely, all of us have heard people refer to God as, 'The Man Upstairs.' In most, if not all cases, the one who uses this terminology has no...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Salvation is a process, having its roots in the timeless eternity of God’s existence and bearing fruit throughout history and into the unending eternity of the heavenly existence of God’s saints. At various points in time, God has...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I am the LORD; those who hope in me will not be disappointed." ~Isaiah 49.23 I do not do a great deal of reading, but I have noticed in what reading I do, no matter what age the writer comes from, he perceives it as a time of great...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; (Titus 3:10). But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is, in the simplicity of Christ, a resting place for the weary soul, a place of calm in the tempest. In the press of life we can lay our burdens at the feet of Him who rules all things. In the grievous experience of our own failures, we can...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks (John 6.23) John is relating a somewhat mundane fact about where some boats landed. What seems strange is this: if all that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
- “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ…” (Romans 13.14) - There is a difference between a costume and a disguise. A costume is designed to entertain or please the viewer, but a disguise is designed to deceive the viewer and generally for evil...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
He is able to save to the uttermost them that come to God by Him. (Hebrews 7:25) It is interesting to note that the one to whom the words in Luke were addressed was the only one who COULD save Himself . . . and He is also the only One who has...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Friends, This past Sunday as I started to preach the morning message, I asked the congregation to pray for me, for I had been overwhelmed by a great fear that God would not help me preach. I told the congregation that the message I had...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
