Tom Nettles | August 7, 2017 This week I was brought to a new sense of the greatness even of the disembodied state of those who die in the Lord. Paul said to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. Though he did not want to be unclothed but longed … More Erroll Hulse (1931-2017), A Beautifully Proportioned Life
GRACE AND GRACES The grace of our God – 2 Thessalonians 1:12 The praise of the glory of his grace – Ephesians 1:6 Grace is the freeness of love. – Thomas Goodwin There is a greater gulf between grace and no grace than between weak grace and strong. – William Gurnall BUSINESS AND SPIRITUAL THINGS … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY –06 & 07 August
HYPOCRITES AFRAID OF PERSECUTION In that day … the [false] prophets shall be ashamed every of his visions – Zechariah 13:4 No hypocrite can bear the cross. – Henry Smith The Lord uses the flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat. – John Bunyan IDLENESS AND TEMPTATION At the time when kings … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY –04 & 05 August
If you are from my generation or older you may like me have a love hate relationship with your smartphone. I find them helpful at times and very annoying at others. Garrett Higbee, the author, does a good job in this article of letting parents know the ground rules ALL PARENTS need to know when … More Counseling Parents about Smart Rules for Smartphones (And All Social Media)
Posted by Conrad Mbewe at 9:46 AM 02 August 2017 Every so often when engaged in discussion on the subject of the prosperity gospel, I hear voices sympathetic to this doctrinal poison say, “But surely God does not want us to be poor, does he?” This is viewed as a trump card, as if there … More Bible texts prosperity preachers wish did not exist
Thank you to all who prayed for our mission trip to Juarez it was a great success. I will be making a lengthy post on our adventures in the near future. – Mike THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL The glorious gospel if the blessed God – 1 Timothy 1:11 The law of truth – Malachi … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 31 July and 01 August
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? He that planteth the ear, shall be not bear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? – Psalms 94:8-9 There’s no fooling God. There is no place we can go where He does not see our every move. Those … More Fooling God?
Posted on July 25, 2017 by Mel Wild As Dr. Daniel B. Wallace says, one thing we need to do when talking about the historicity of the New Testament is avoid two extremes: radical skepticism on the one end and absolute certainty on the other. Continued at the Source: Why we can trust the New … More Why we can trust the New Testament
This will be the last post for 2 weeks as I am headed out on a mission trip to Mexico. I will post some pics on FB Faith Builders Page via my phone but will have no WIFI. CAUSE AND EFFECT The curse causeless shall not come – Proverbs 26:2 Will a lion roar in … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 18 & 19 July
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS God himself hath said, I will never, never forsake you – Hebrews 13:5 (Weymouth) Whatever God can do, he unquestionably will do, if he has promised it. – John Calvin Two negatives make an affirmative in grammar, but ten thousand will not make one in divinity. – Thomas Goodwin THOUGHTS The thoughts of … More PURITAN QUOTE(S) FOR TODAY – 16 & 17 July
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