My Alaskan friend (now stationed in Missouri) Donna wrote this recently and it reminded me again of that wondrous question; why did the Lord choose me?
Never does much time go by when I don’t wonder why God would choose to save me. After I read this passage last night from Yours, Jack (C.S. [...]
Ask ye what great thing I know,
that delights and stirs me so?
what the high reward I win?
Whose the name I glory in?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who defeats my fiercest foes?
Who consoles my saddest woes?
Who revives my fainting heart,
healing all its hidden smart?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who is life in life to me?
Who the death of [...]
Yes and no. I believe a more biblical view recognizes that marriage is God ordained and the children of believers are a blessing and obtain blessings from their parents’ relationship with the Lord. The scriptures clearly teach that parents have been given the responsibility for instructing their children. The church will [...]
The difference between the most ignorant and the most educated Christian is infinitely small compared to the vastness of God. For us to disparage our less informed brothers is to deny the grace by which we are called. God doesn’t bless us because we are theologically correct, better educated, etc. - but by grace alone. [...]
A while back I spent some time with Pastor Eric Freel of Redeemer Baptist Church Macon Georgia and he left me with this thought provoking comment:
The Lord, in His mercy, has blessed believers with the Church but today we value it little. The preacher gave ten biblical reasons why the Church should be [...]
Q. What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life (Acts 20:21), with the diligent use of all the outward [...]
As a follow-up on my previous post on Church Discipline I thought we ought to further develop the other part of church discipline; the part that happens constantly within a body of Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. In my research I came upon this excerpt from an old church constitution that says it fairly [...]
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Romans 8:32
I love the logic of this verse. Not because I love logic, but because I love having my real needs met. The two halves [...]
Objection to Christianity Examined
The same could be said for politics, but politics cannot be eliminated from society; we can only try to find the right political formula. Neither can we eliminate our religious need; we can only find the right religion. A good start would be to find one committed to [...]
Previously I have argued why a church ought to subscribe to a confession of faith. Do we want our community to clearly know what we believe? But what a church believes may be nullified by the way that church members behave. If we preach what we are not then I think [...]
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