I have noted in the past that there are couch potato and pew warming Christians. You know the type they show up on Sunday but bear no fruit in their daily lives. The Westminster Shorter Catechism states: Quest. 1. What is the chief end of man? Ans. 1. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,(1) … More Sunday Sermon Series – “GLORY vs. SIN” – 08/11/2024
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
PSALM 127 PSALM 127:1 CONTEXT/STUDY OVERVIEW: This psalm emphasizes humanity’s dependence on God, and each of our Reformation-era exegetes develops this theme in their commentary. However, they emphasize various aspects and implications of this theme, including the vanity that comes when God’s blessing is not valued, God’s blessing of children, and the didactic function of … More Devotional Thoughts – “Builders” – 08/08/2024
DEVOTIONAL The Voice We Can Trust Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Proverbs 2:11 READ Proverbs 2:1-6, 9-15LISTEN ONLINE While testing a new AI (artificial intelligence) search engine, New York Times columnist Kevin Roose became disturbed. During a two-hour conversation using the chatbot feature, the AI said it wanted to break free of its creator’s … More Devotional Thought – “Trust” – 08/07/2024
In this age of hyper-consumerism folks live for themselves more than ever before in history. I do not believe the Bible teaches against having “world” possessions as some say. It clearly states however that a ravenous desire for material things is unholy. The illustration below while comical makes the point that we need to build … More Devotional Thoughts – Worldly Things – 08/06/2024
ROMANS 5 Romans 5:17 CONTEXT OVERVIEW: Having argued for justification by faith alone, these early modern commentators now turn to explore Paul’s explication of the benefits of being justified by God. First, we have peace with God. Because of what Christ has done, our consciences can be at rest, no longer striving to earn God’s … More Devotional Thought – “Our Nature” – 08/01/2024
THE ESSENTIALS OF BIBLICAL MASCULINITY Fortitude Conviction Integrity Endurance Self-Discipline Maturity Discernment Wisdom Humility Leadership Love Featured Sermon: Act Like Men We ran this series a few years back but GTY reposted it and we believe it is worth repeating also. Christian Clichés John MacArthur on the Danger of Christian Clichés Ask Jesus Into Your … More Grace to You Blog Series – Biblical Masculinity/Christian Clichés/God is Love – 07/31/2024
Christians don’t worship Zeus.07/29/24/John Stonestreet/Shane Morris New Atheist icon and Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins recently asked a surprising question on X. Referring to his most famous book published 18 years ago, Dawkins wrote: “What do religious people think I got wrong in The God Delusion?” CONTINUED @ So, What God Do…
First, let me repeat earlier statements in my posts that I know very little about Escatology or the study of End Times. I choose not to do in-depth studies or worry about it, the Bible says it will come and I am good with that. Yet it seems a hot topic amongst evangelicals, so this … More Devotional – “Eschatology”- 07/30/2024
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