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The Plain-Sense Meaning of “World” in John 3:16

Category: Christianity, Quotes, Scripture

“I cannot tolerate endive or beetroot, but in general terms, I am an earnest veggie-lover. Likewise, though God despises the wicked, He loves humanity—so much that He gave His Son to die for those who would believe.” – Phil Johnson

“Behold, I Make All Things New”

Category: Grace

There are children of God who need this text, ‘Behold, I make all things new,’ whose sigh is that they so soon grow dull and weary in the ways of God, and therefore they need daily renewing. After a few months a vigorous young Christian will begin to cool down; and those who have been [...]

“Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock”

Category: Christianity, Media

Is poor Jesus standing out in the rain, knocking on the hearts of unbelievers in hope that they might let him in? Paul Washer discusses the misuse of Revelation 3:20, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat [...]

“Biblical” Arguments Against Calvinism

Category: Calvinism

Do the following Scriptures refute Calvinism? O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! (Matthew 23:37) The Lord is not slow to fulfill his [...]

“Meek” Does Not Mean “Weak”

Category: Christianity

A six part series by Mark Kielar on what it means to be “meek”. Lane Chaplin introduces these videos: “So many people hear the word “meek” and they think of some helpless coward who just lets people run all over them, but, as this sermon by Mark Kielar of First Baptist of Boynton Beach shows, [...]

“Mine!” – Jesus Christ

Category: Quotes, Sovereignty

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of human existence over which Christ, who is sovereign over all, does not cry: “Mine!” – Abraham Kuyper

“Only pray God for him…”

Category: Prayer, Sovereignty

Thou gavest her [my mother] meantime another answer, which I call to mind; for much I pass by, hasting to those things which more press me to confess unto Thee, and much I do not remember. Thou gavest her then another answer, by a Priest of Thine, a certain Bishop brought up in Thy Church, [...]

“Special Prayer Request For My Father” Update

Category: General Topics, Prayer

The following comes from our brother, Shane Trammel.. I am asking all of you who believe in the power of prayer to lift up my father (Gale) when you can. Dad has brain cancer (Glioblastoma Multiforme) *** Update on My Father’s Prognosis — Aug 9, 2007 *** Dad had his first visit with the Radiation [...]

“You Will Suffer” by John Piper

Category: Christianity, Media

10 Reasons to Pray the Scripture – John Piper

Category: Prayer, Scripture

1. Biblical truth saves. Take heed to yourself and to your doctrine; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. (1 Timothy 4:16) 2. Biblical truth frees from Satan. You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32) 3. Biblical truth imparts grace [...]

10 Ways to Commit Spiritual Suicide

Category: Charismania, Church Issues, Discernment, Emergent Church, Evangelism, Media, Persecution, Purpose Driven, Sin, Sinner Sensitive, Word Faith, Worldliness

20 Resolutions

Category: Christianity, Quotes, Scripture

Justin Taylor writes: In his talk at the Desiring God conference Sinclair Ferguson suggested 20 resolutions from the book of James–given Jonathan-Edwards style–that we need to make if we are to live a God-centered, biblical life: James 1:5 To ask God for wisdom to speak and with a single mind James 1:9-10 To boast only in [...]

5 Things We Can Mistake for Evangelism – Mark Dever

Category: Evangelism

1) Imposition We mistakenly take evangelism to be manipulation. But that’s what the world says. In truth, we’re not trying to impose our beliefs on anybody. Biblically, we can’t impose our beliefs on anybody. Force and coercion cannot finally bring about the change that God demands. You can’t expand Christianity by the sword. Evangelism is [...]

99 Balloons

Category: Media, Sovereignty

A Defense of Calvinism, by Charles Spurgeon

Category: Grace, Sovereignty

An updated version of this post can be viewed here.

A Dissatisfied Messiah

Category: Grace, Quotes, Sovereignty

“The One on whom we wait is a dissatisfied Messiah. He will not relent, he will not quit, he will not rest until ever promise he has made been fully delivered. He will not turn from his work until every one of his children has been totally transformed. He will continue to fight until the [...]

A Few Problems With Arminianism

Category: Calvinism, Media

In this video Dr. Bruce Ware makes a case for Calvinism and shows a few obvious problems with Arminianism. This is part of a DVD called “The Great Debate: Predestination vs. Free Will” distributed by the Apologetics Group.

A Good Question, by Ray Comfort

Category: Christianity, Evangelism

“How do you discuss Hell and Heaven and ‘counting the cost’ of discipleship in bold, honest, loving truth…yet not use Heaven as a draw card or reward…and not use Hell as a scare tactic. I don’t want to have people leaping to Jesus just so they don’t get burned, it’s not really any different then [...]

A Lesson From The Moment of Truth

Category: Evangelism, General Topics

This is a powerful lesson from Ray Comfort and the very popular television program The Moment of Truth.

A Resting-Place for the Heart

Category: Sovereignty, Worship

The One seated upon the Throne of Heaven, the One who is Governor over the nations and who has ordained and now regulates all events, is infinite not only in power but in wisdom and goodness as well. He who is Lord over all creation is the One that was “manifest in the flesh” (1 [...]

A Saviour Who Truly Saves

Category: Regeneration

“To say that Christ died for all alike, to say that He became the Substitute and Surety of the whole human race, to say that He suffered on behalf of and in the stead of all mankind, is to say that He ‘bore the curse for many who are now bearing the curse for themselves; [...]

A Small Minority

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“Some people say, “Why, you are in such a small minority!” Yes, yes; but as a general rule minorities are right. Up until now, the majority has never been on the side of Christ, the majority has never been for God, the majority has never been with the truth.” – Charles Spurgeon

A Spiritually Dead Sinner Makes No Contribution to Salvation

Category: Grace, Quotes, Sovereignty

“Let me say as clearly as possible right now that salvation is by God’s sovereign grace and grace alone. Nothing a lost, degenerate, spiritually dead sinner can do will in any way contribute to salvation. Saving faith, repentance, commitment, and obedience are all divine works, wrought by the Holy Spirit in the heart of everyone [...]

A Time For Truth with John MacArthur

Category: Christianity, Church Issues, General Topics, Media

“Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” (Hebrews 13:7) There is a great video posted on The New Centurion. An amazing example of a “real man of God who’s not afraid to tell it like it is!”

A Vital Reminder

Category: Quotes, Sovereignty

God is in absolute, unconditional, and perfect control of every nation, all the seas, every military operation, every wicked and evil person, every city, town, and village, every circumstance, emergency, crisis, storm, hurricane, tornado, drought, famine, and danger and national and local crisis. He reigns over every single life, even down to the hairs of [...]

A Woman Rides the Beast

Category: Christianity, Media, Roman Catholicism, Teaching

Abraham, Father of Faiths

Category: Faith, Grace, Teaching

Below is a series of lectures given by my New Testament teacher, Ian Smith. This meeting was held by the Sydney University Evangelical Union. Abraham, Father of Faiths: The Lord Calls (Genesis 12:1-13:1) Abraham, Father of Faiths: The Lord Justifies (Genesis 15) Abraham, Father of Faiths: The Lord Provides (Genesis 22:1-19)

Accepting Christ

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“The formula ‘Accept Christ’ has become a panacea of universal application, and I believe it has been fatal to many… The trouble is that the whole ‘Accept Christ’ attitude is likely to be wrong. It shows Christ [appealing] to us rather than us to Him. It makes Him stand hat-in-hand awaiting our verdict on Him, [...]

Agony – Leonard Ravenhill

Category: Christianity, Church Issues

All Men Are Born Evil

Category: Christianity, Sin

“There is no beast in wolf, or lion, or serpent that is so brutish as the beast in man. Did I not tell you last Sabbath day that whereas, according to the Levitical law, he that touched a dead animal was unclean till the evening, he who touched a dead man was unclean seven days, [...]

All Sanctified Believers Can Discern Spiritual Things

Category: Grace, Quotes

All sanctified believers have an ability and power in the renewed mind and understanding, to see, know, discern, and receive spiritual things… the mysteries of the gospel, the mind of Christ–in a due and spiritual manner. It is true, they have not all of them this power and ability in the same degree but every [...]

Already Chosen

Category: Calvinism, Quotes

“In regeneration, man is neither worker nor coworker; he is merely wrought upon; and the only Worker in this matter is God. And, for this very reason, because God is the sole Worker in regeneration, it must be thoroughly understood that His work does not begin only with regeneration. No; while the sinner is still [...]

Am I One of the Human Race?

Category: Calvinism

Robert McCheyne | No one ever came to Christ because they knew themselves to be of the elect. It is quite true that God has of his mere good pleasure elected some to everlasting life, but they never knew it until they came to Christ. Christ nowhere invites the elect to come to Him. The [...]

Answer Me When I Call

Category: Prayer, Scripture

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! (2) O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love [...]

Applying the Ascension of Christ

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“Thus, since He has gone up there, and is in heaven for us, let us note that we need not fear to be in this world. It is true that we are subject to so much misery that our condition is pitiable, but at that we need neither be astonished nor confine our attention to [...]

Are There Two Wills in God? by John Piper

Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty

Divine Election and God’s Desire for All to Be Saved My aim here is to show from Scripture that the simultaneous existence of God’s will for “all persons to be saved” (1 Tim. 2:4) and his will to elect unconditionally those who will actually be saved is not a sign of divine schizophrenia or exegetical [...]

Are We Building the Tombs of the Prophets?

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’” – Matthew 23:29-30, ESV Someone once said [...]

Are You Care-Free?

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“…all day long, at the moment you become aware of burdensome cares, cast them upon the Lord, who cares for you. Where there is worry and anxiety; there is the pride of self-reliance. The humble man, though he may be responsible for many things, is free of care–he is care-free. His life is characterized by [...]

Are you saved? Are you sure? Could you be wrong?

Category: Christianity, Media

Arminians/Semi-Pelagians Teach Limited Atonement

Category: Calvinism

 

Assurance

Category: Christianity

Assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election to salvation is given to the chosen in due time, though by various stages and in differing measure. Such assurance comes not by inquisitive searching into the hidden and deep things of God, but by noticing within themselves, with spiritual joy and holy delight, the unmistakable fruits [...]

Assurance in God’s Word Not Feelings

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“I suppose many do not understand themselves, when they say they want assurance; for what better assurance would you have than the word of God? If you have his word, and take his word, you need no better assurance. “And though the assurance of sense be the sweetest, yet the assurance of faith is the [...]

Augustine on the Authority of Holy Scripture

Category: Early Church, Sola Scriptura

“If anyone preaches either concerning Christ or concerning His church or concerning any other matter which pertains to our faith and life; I will not say, if we, but what Paul adds, if an angel from heaven should preach to you anything besides what you have received in the Scripture of the Law and of [...]

Australians Arrested For Preaching the Gospel

Category: Evangelism, Persecution

Two open-air preachers, on Australia’s Gold Coast, who have been preaching in the same location for two years were arrested last Sunday, April 13. I certainly don’t intend to liken their situation to Christians in other countries who are being martyred, or have no freedom, but for this to happen in a free country like [...]

“Special Prayer Request For My Father”

Category: General Topics, Prayer

Shane Trammel writes: I am asking all of you who believe in the power of prayer to lift up my father (Gale) when you can. He is in recovery after brain surgery to remove a tumor. Although still in the hospital for probably two more days, he is recovering well. The big prayer is that [...]

Battle with Apollyon

Category: Christianity, General Topics

From his prison cell in England, John Bunyan, a preacher and author from the 1600′s (who was arrested for preaching), began work on what would become the greatest book ever written, apart from the Holy Bible. “The Pilgrim’s Progress, from This World to That Which Is to Come” is an allegory of a Christian’s journey [...]

Because He Loves Us

Category: Christianity, Quotes, Sin

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C.S. Lewis

Because of God’s Choice – In Memory of Elder D.J. Ward

Category: Grace, Media, Sovereignty

Because of Sovereign Grace

Category: Grace, Quotes, Sovereignty

God is love.  His mercy is over all His works.  He manifests His love to all.  But the highest expression of His love is manifest to those who He lovingly draws to Himself by sheer grace.  Therefore to those of us who believe, God’s love is a uniquely precious reality, albeit an unfathomable one.  There [...]

Beholding the Glory of Christ

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“It is by beholding the glory of Christ by faith that we are spiritually edified and built up in this world, for as we behold his glory, the life and power of faith grow stronger and stronger. It is by faith that we grow to love Christ. So if we desire strong faith and powerful [...]

By Grace Through Faith

Category: Grace, Quotes

“By grace are ye saved, through faith” (Ephesians 2:8 ). THINK IT WELL to turn a little to one side that I may ask my reader to observe adoringly the fountain-head of our salvation, which is the grace of God. “By grace are ye saved.” Because God is gracious, therefore sinful men are forgiven, converted, [...]

By the Grace of God

Category: Grace

“Though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say that I am not what I once was, a slave to sin and Satan. And I can heartily join with the apostle and acknowledge that by the grace of God [...]

Calvinism is the Natural Theology Written on the Heart of the New Man

Category: Calvinism, Quotes

Below is a quote from J.I. Packer from his introduction to The Death of Death in the Death of Christ. I appreciate Packer’s boldness and clarity here. I am quoting from the recent book, In My Place Condemned He Stood, pp. 123-124. “Now the real nature of Calvinistic soteriology becomes plain. It is no artificial [...]

Calvinists Burn For Giving God Too Much Credit

Category: Grace, Sovereignty

In the September edition of The Berean Call, Dave Hunt responded to the following question: “Is it possible for someone who believes only in the soteriology of Calvinism to be saved? Specifically, that God has to first change a person’s heart.” Hunt says: No! Pastor Jim McClarty responds.

Cameron Buettel: The Bottom Line With Atheists

Category: Atheism, Evangelism

Last year, after viewing the debate on ABC between Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron and the atheists Brian Sapient and “Kelly” I found myself initially walking away with mixed emotions. The chest beating male in myself saw it as a contest of Tyson v Holyfield proportions and was cheering for my guys (Ray and Kirk) [...]

Can Christians Become Demon-Possessed?

Category: Christianity, Teaching

What does God’s Word, the touchstone of truth, say? Can demons inhabit or spatially indwell a true believer? Can they walk through an open door and become a squatter? Proponents of today’s spiritual warfare movement say yes, but they base their answer on subjective experience, not on God’s Word. The Bible makes it clear that [...]

Can the Gospel be Compromised by Clever Word Delivery?

Category: Evangelism

Can You Lose Your Salvation?

Category: Calvinism, Media, Scripture, Sermons, Teaching

In this sermon Doug Eaton discusses Perseverance of the Saints, also known as, “eternal security” or “once saved, always saved.” You can download this message from Doug’s website.

Can You See God But Not Worship Him as God?

Category: Evangelism, Media

Careful Calvinistic Cultivation Doesn’t Save, Christ Does

Category: Calvinism, Media

Changing Society

Category: Evangelism, Quotes

John Stott | “Evangelism is the major instrument of social change. For the gospel changes people, and changed people can change society.”

Charles Leiter on Justification

Category: Christianity, Grace, Teaching

How can a man be right with God? There is only one answer. A man can be right with God only through the life and death of the Lord Jesus Christ on his behalf. “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross.” (1 Peter 2:24). “He made Him who knew no sin [...]

Charles Spurgeon on “Free-Will”

Category: Grace, Quotes

Human responsibility we may (and certainly should) believe in. But “free-will” is simply ridiculous. The will is well known by all to be directed by the understanding, to be moved by motives, to be guided by other parts of the soul, and to be a secondary thing. It follows…it does not lead. Philosophy and religion [...]

Charles Spurgeon on Arminianism

Category: Calvinism, Grace, Quotes, Sovereignty

“I believe that very much of current Arminianism is simply ignorance of gospel doctrine; and if people began to study their Bibles, and to take the Word of God as they find it, they must inevitably, if believers, rise up to rejoice in the doctrines of grace.” – Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon on Regeneration

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“A man who is really saved by grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve Christ. The new life within him tells him that. Instead of regarding it as a burden, he gladly surrenders himself–body, soul, and spirit–to the Lord who has redeemed him, reckoning this to be [...]

Charles Spurgeon on Sanctification

Category: Christianity

Sanctification is a work in us, not a work for us. It is a work in us, and there are two agents: one is the worker who works this sanctification effectually – that is the Spirit; and the other, the efficacious means by which the Spirit works this sanctification – Jesus Christ, and His most [...]

Charles Spurgeon on the Atonement

Category: Christianity, Grace

I know there are some who think it necessary to their system of theology to limit the merit of the blood of Jesus: if my theological system needed such a limitation, I would cast it to the winds. I cannot, I dare not allow the thought to find a lodging in my mind, it seems [...]

Charles Spurgeon: A Defense of Calvinism

Category: Calvinism, Media

“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox’s gospel is my [...]

Choice Cannot Precede Creation

Category: Calvinism

God does not require mans permission in order to make man, nor does he require it in order to make man a-new. “For he says to Moses, ‘I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.’ So then it depends not on human will or [...]

Christ is All

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“But alas, how little fit for heaven are many who talk of going to heaven, when they die, while they manifestly have no saving faith and no real acquaintance with Christ. You give Christ no honor here. You have no communion with Him. You do not love Him. Alas, what could you do in heaven? [...]

Christ Plus…

Category: Atonement, Works

“The issues is this: is Christ’s work of atonement perfect and complete or not? The Galatians, wittingly or unwittingly, were drifting towards the view that Christ’s work of atonement needed some bolstering. It is like being offered a cool, refreshing drink that appears delightful in every way — except that there is a drop of [...]

Christianity is strong.

Category: Christianity, General Topics, Worldliness

What does it take to stomach the fact that the fiery lakes are real and are waiting to devour sinners? That Hell burns with a fire that cannot be quenched? Who is willing to utterly destroy another’s happiness; his hope and faith in idols in order to prepare him for Christ? To tear down family, [...]

Christless Preaching

Category: Christianity

Charles Spurgeon | The motto of all true servants of God must be, “We preach Christ; and him crucified.” A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.

Cleansed From All Sin

Category: Christianity, Quotes

In Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. – Eph 2:13 It is a great truth which lies at the foundation of the gospel system, that the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s dear Son, cleanses us from all sin. When a man is washed with [...]

Clearing Up Common Misunderstandings of Limited Atonement

Category: Grace, Media

“Let there be no misunderstanding at this point. The Arminian limits the atonement as certainly as does the Calvinist. The Calvinist limits the extent of it in that he says it does not apply to all persons (although as has already been shown, he believes that it is efficacious for the salvation of the large [...]

Closing Statement: Debate on Calvinism

Category: Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty

Dr. James White gives his closing statements in a debate against George Bryson. This is a really great video! The debate was held at Anaheim Vineyard in Southern California. You can find more at aomin.org

Common Attacks Against Reformed Theology

Category: Christianity

A 12 Part Lecture Series by James White. This is a Sunday School lesson series James White did a while back that has only been available in Real Media format, but is now converted to mp3 and uploaded here for you to stream at your convenience. James White discussed several of the common attacks that [...]

Conditional Promises of God and Man’s Impotence

Category: Calvinism, Grace, Quotes

The second class of objections is akin to the former. They allege the promises in which the Lord makes a paction with our will. Such are the following: “Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live,” (Amos 5: 14.) “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: but [...]

Confess or Profess?

Category: Christianity, Quotes

“True, those who confess Christ, shall be confessed by him; and it is as true, that this confession is equivalent to a promise of salvation. But you must know, that professing Christ, is not confessing him: for to profess Christ is one thing—to confess Christ is another. Confession is a living testimony for Christ, in [...]

Correction: What’s Harder To See?

Category: Christian Living, Quotes

“It is easier to see what one should correct in others than to see what ought to be corrected in oneself.” – Augustine, Commentary on Galatians, pg. 145

Costly Grace

Category: Grace

“Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will gladly go and sell all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will [...]

Could a Mariner Sit Idle?

Category: Evangelism, Quotes

Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you DAMNED? – Leonard Ravenhill

Culture Shock

Category: Christianity, Islam, Media, Sin, Worldliness

Cyril of Jerusalem on the Authority of Holy Scripture

Category: Early Church, Sola Scriptura

“In regard to the divine and holy mysteries of the faith, not the least part may be handed on without the Holy Scriptures. Do not be lead astray by winning words and clever arguments. Even to me, who tell you these things, do not give ready belief, unless you receive from the Holy Scriptures the [...]

Dave Hunt’s Misrepresentation of Calvinism

Category: Calvinism, Media, Reviews

In these eight videos Phil Johnson reviews Dave Hunt’s book, ‘What Love Is This? Calvinism’s Misrepresentation of God’.

Dealing with Evil

Category: Christianity, General Topics, Media

How should we as Christians deal with the evil that will come against us in this world? In this short video clip John Piper presents eight things we should do with evil, and four things we should not do with evil. Eight things we should do 1. Expect evil (1 Peter 4:12); 2. Endure evil [...]

Deeper

Category: Prayer

Lord Jesus, give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach. Help me chastely to flee it and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring [...]

Deficient Grace: The Arminian’s Rendition of Amazing Grace

Category: Humor, Media, Sovereignty

If an Arminian was to re-write the hymn ‘Amazing Grace’, how would it sound? Perhaps a little something like this…

Did God Save You to Serve?

Category: Christianity, Church Issues, Media

Did the Didache Get it Wrong?

Category: Early Church

I wonder what the early church would have to say about many of our modern day preachers… “When the apostle leaves, he is to take nothing except bread until he finds his next night’s lodging. But if he asks for money, he is a false prophet… If anyone should say in the spirit, ‘Give me [...]

Disciplined Duty vs the Lie of Legalism

Category: Prayer

By John Piper | The hard truth is that most Christians don’t pray very much. They pray at meals—unless they’re still stuck in the adolescent stage of calling good habits legalism. They whisper prayers before tough meetings. They say something brief as they crawl into bed. But very few set aside set times to pray [...]

Divine Grace

Category: Grace, Quotes

“By its very definition grace, as it is worked out in our salvation, is in direct opposition to all works and worthiness. We discover from this that those who seek to join grace and works together are terribly deceived. They may make high claims concerning their own holiness of life. However, it is clear from [...]

Do It Yourself

Category: Christianity, Church Issues

“Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (Corinthians 10:5) This is another aspect of the strenuous nature of sainthood. Paul says, “I take every project prisoner to make it obey Christ.” (Moffatt.) How much Christian work there is to-day which has never been disciplined, but has simply sprung into being by impulse! [...]

Do You Still Need To Get Saved?

Category: Christianity, Media

Does 2 Peter 3:9 Make God Schizophrenic?

Category: Grace, Media, Sovereignty

2 Peter 3:9 clearly states that God is not willing that any should perish. How could you then believe that God only saves some from perishing? Is God schizophrenic?

Does God Love Everyone?

Category: Grace, Media, Sovereignty

 

Does God Love Me?

Category: Christianity, Quotes

The question “Do I love God?” is often overshadowed by a bigger question—“Does God love me?” This personal doubt of God’s love has haunted Christians for centuries and remains a common question today. Over a century ago a woman posed the same question to pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

Does God Predestine Some Men to Hell?

Category: Calvinism

Double Predestination. If God has predestined some to eternal life, hasn’t he also predestined the others to eternal destruction? But does this mean God forces them to sin in order that he can punish them in Hell? What is “Equal Ultimacy” and is it a biblical doctrine? Mark Keilar from CrossTV explains…

Does John 3:16 Refute Unconditional Election?

Category: Grace, Media, Sovereignty

What part of John 3:16 don’t you understand? If God so loved the whole world, as this verse plainly declares, then how could anyone effectively argue that He would also elect only some people to be able to go to Heaven?

Does Your Faith Endure?

Category: Christianity, Faith, General Topics

“How happy are tried Christians, afterwards.” – Charles Spurgeon Just as the worth of gold is tested by the fire, so too is the value in our profession of faith. Our true devotion to Christ is best demonstrated by faithfully enduring difficult times. I am referring to the times when the flesh is prone to [...]