I’m reading “New Life in the Wasteland” by Douglas F. Kelly where he expounds on 2 Corinthians and the cost and glory of Christian ministry.
In the first chapter (Decaying Western Culture) in describing how modern man conforms truth to his/her desires he says,
“There are ultimately only two alternatives in the intellectual life. [...]
‘Awakening’ is an awareness of personal sinfulness in light of a holy God. People necessarily must be ‘awakened’ to their sin before a righteous God before they can repent and trust in Christ for salvation. Salvation is a sovereign work of God that replaces stony hearts with a hearts of flesh [...]
To escape the wrath to come is the first desire of the awakened sinner. Christ himself taught us that repentance is linked with forgiveness (Luke 24:46-47). So therefore forgiveness is granted to the truly repentant sinner - this is the first duty required by the Word. And this duty is happily [...]
Here is a short quote from La Shawn Barber’s take on the shocking news that unfaithful men are not to be trusted!
I couldn’t care less who did what to whom, but I want you to see an age-old lesson emerging from this mess. If a man is willing to cheat on his wife with [...]
At first glance this psalm seems like a ‘to do’ list. Be like this and you may dwell in the Lord’s tent. Actually this psalm is not about us! Its about the Lord!
O LORD, who may abide in Your tent?
The picture here is the Lord as host and His tent as a tent of hospitality.
Who [...]
Music provides an accompaniment for almost every activity in life— most of us would agree that music doesn’t have to be sanctified in order to make it legitimate or within God’s pleasure or God’s will. However, since we understand that whatever we do in worship is under the authority of the [...]
Have you ever wondered about the companionship aspect of marriage? God made everything and He said it was ‘good!’ But when he saw Adam alone he said that it was ‘not good’ that man should be alone. God created Eve to be a helper and a companion. This was all before the [...]
Our church believes in the regulative principle of worship. That means is that we only do things in our worship service that are commanded in the Bible, specifically,
1) reading of the Scriptures,
2) preaching and hearing the Word of God,
3) singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord,
4) prayer with thanksgiving [...]
Flag Day was first officially observed in 1877 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the selection of the flag. Congress requested all public buildings to fly the flag on June 14 of that year. Some people suggested that Flag Day be observed each year. Early leaders of campaigns to establish Flag Day as an annual [...]
I would love to see the federal government reduce the outrageous tax burden on its citizens, I would love see the federal government aggressively pursue the war on Islamic terrorism, I would love to see the federal government secure our borders - but the greatest issue today is our willingness to dispose of a huge [...]
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