Sunday Sermon Series – “They Became Fools” – 01/26/2025

ROMANS 1 ROMANS 1:18-32 STUDY This chapter contains the inscription of the epistle, and salutation, the preface to it, and the grand proposition of justification by faith, so much enlarged on afterwards; and that this could not be by the law of nature, and the works of it among the Gentiles, is demonstrated by a … More Sunday Sermon Series – “They Became Fools” – 01/26/2025

Friday’s Feature Quote – “Finances” – 01-24-2025

“Beware of all who solicit money! There are few things we loathe more than to see those professing to be engaged in a work of faith soliciting money. We sincerely trust that many of these bogus ‘faith’ enterprises, which have for so long preyed upon a credulous public, will soon go out of business. The … More Friday’s Feature Quote – “Finances” – 01-24-2025

Fallacy: God Would Not Command What We Cannot Do – 01/10/2025

COMMENT In the devotion/article below, the author makes a compelling case that to believe that God would never give us a task that we could not accomplish is inconsistent with what the Bible teaches. I would add that Romans 7, specifically verses 7-14, seems to make it pretty plain. Paul says I understand; I am … More Fallacy: God Would Not Command What We Cannot Do – 01/10/2025

Friday Feature Quote – “Sola Gratia” – 01/03/2025

Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again — you will never come to the bottom of these depths! Short, pithy gems from Robert Murray McCheyne, 1813-1843 https://www.gracegems.org/ Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,Freely bestowed on all who believe!All who are longing to see His face,Will you this moment His grace receive? Verse 3, … More Friday Feature Quote – “Sola Gratia” – 01/03/2025

Devotional Thought – “COVENANT” – 12/21/2024

After I read the devotional below this morning I thought it would be a good reminder to all of both the sacrifice Christ made to become a human and the promise that God initiated with that covenant birth. What I found while doing research for the quote above and other references was that some profess … More Devotional Thought – “COVENANT” – 12/21/2024

Friday Feature Quote – “Biblical Worldview” – 12/13/2024

DEFINITION Worldview. A framework of concepts and values that enable understanding and engagement of the world. The term comes from the German Weltanschauung, originally coined by Immanuel Kant in his Critique of Judgment (1790). It began to appear in *Reformed theology at the end of the nineteenth century through the works of James *Orr, Herman … More Friday Feature Quote – “Biblical Worldview” – 12/13/2024

Friday Feature Quote – Prayer” – 11/22/2024

PRAYING HARD You should find this to be God’s usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them. —Richard Baxter (1615-1691), English Puritan church leader Bible Truth Behind the Quote: Luke 11:5-10 records Jesus’ parable about prayer in which a person knocked on … More Friday Feature Quote – Prayer” – 11/22/2024

Friday’s Feature Quote -“Furnace of Affliction” – 08/16/2024

Anne Bradstreet, born in 1612, was the first woman in America to have her poetry published. Her work captures the reality of life in the New World, reflecting on her Puritan faith, family, and the natural world. Isaiah 48:10  I have refined thee; or, I will refine thee. Although I will not cut thee off, … More Friday’s Feature Quote -“Furnace of Affliction” – 08/16/2024

Friday Feature Quote – ” Righteous Hope” 08/09/2024

Lord, however, you deal with me in outward things, whatever you take from me, whatever you deny me—do not deny me Christ! Do not deny me a share in his righteousness! Amen. David Clarkson, “No Hope without Christ’s Righteousness,” in Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, ed. Robert Elmer (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019), 19. … More Friday Feature Quote – ” Righteous Hope” 08/09/2024

Friday Feature Quote/Devotional – Looking to Jesus – 06/28/2024

Looking unto Jesus is at the same time a looking away from everything else. —Erich Sauer (1898-1959), Wiedenest Bible School, West Germany Bible Truth Behind the Quote:We should keep “looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2)! Ron Rhodes, 1001 Unforgettable Quotes about God, Faith, & the Bible (Eugene, OR: Harvest … More Friday Feature Quote/Devotional – Looking to Jesus – 06/28/2024