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How Calvinism (Election) Encourages Evangelism

November 27, 2019

Is your local church committed to fulfilling the Great Commission?  Is it a place where the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission find common ground? If not it should be. I have often heard the argument that Reformed theology, sometimes called to Calvinism, or Covenant theology is against Evangelism. NOTHING could be further from the … More How Calvinism (Election) Encourages Evangelism

Today in Church History

November 27, 2019

Jedediah Smith’s Adventures Jedidiah Strong Smith entered California’s San Bernardino Valley on this day, November 27, 1826, becoming the first American citizen known to have crossed the southwestern part of the American continent. Jedidiah was not your typical mountain man. He was tall, silent and never used tobacco or profanity. Reared a Methodist, he was a … More Today in Church History

Daily Devotional – Slaves of Sin or Slaves of Christ PT.II

November 26, 2019

17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you re [a]delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. (NKJV) 17 Pero gracias a Dios, que aunque erais esclavos del pecado, habéis obedecido de corazón a aquella forma de … More Daily Devotional – Slaves of Sin or Slaves of Christ PT.II

America Will Never Be Great Again Until We Acknowledge That God Is Great

November 26, 2019

Political division. Impeachment hearings. Waning church attendance. Young people walking away from the faith. A PC agenda pushed on the culture. The list of deep concerns for America goes on and on. With a crucial 2020 presidential election now less than a year away, the American Pastors Network (APN) has embarked on an inspirational, exciting and very necessary … More America Will Never Be Great Again Until We Acknowledge That God Is Great

U.S. Adults See Evangelicals Through a Political Lens – Barna Group

November 25, 2019

Some disturbing but not surprising information here.  According to Barna’s categorization, evangelicals only make up about 6 percent of the U.S. population, but has assumed a unique place in national discourse. The cohort of Christians known as evangelicals has courted controversy, no matter how you slice it—whether evangelicals only make up just 6 percent of … More U.S. Adults See Evangelicals Through a Political Lens – Barna Group

Daily Devotional – Slaves of Sin or Slaves of Christ PT.I

November 25, 2019

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the … More Daily Devotional – Slaves of Sin or Slaves of Christ PT.I

The Chief Distinguishing Mark of a False Prophet

November 25, 2019

by David Qaoud How would you describe a false prophet? There are plenty of right responses to this question. Usually, what people think of are people who distort the Christian message for personal gain. If you said this you’d be off to a good start. But there is still one chief distinguishing mark of a false … More The Chief Distinguishing Mark of a False Prophet

Today in Church History

November 25, 2019

Arabian Christians Massacred In the sixth century, the nation of Abyssinia (modern Ethiopia) dominated the kingdoms of Himyar and Yemen on the southern Arabian peninsula. There were flourishing Christian churches in the area (also known as Homerites) which looked to Christian Abyssinia for protection. It happened that a Himyarite Jew, Yusuf As’ar (better known by … More Today in Church History