Watchword

From “What is it that saves a soul?” WHEN, at the request of the Publisher of another work, I undertook to furnish an Appendix, and to give in it an answer to that important question, “What is it that saves a soul?” which question was there left undecided, I intended merely to write a few pages, …

Don Fortner’s Funeral Service

Pastor Don Fortner has had a huge impact on me over the years and although I'll miss downloading and listening to his current sermons he has gone to better place. He has fallen asleep in the Lord after running a faithful race. The funeral service can be watched or listened to here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=53202038335383 A video …

Arminian Workmongers

"Arminian workmongers, who, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, see in the absence of Sinai's thunder, any cannot incentive to holiness; but the in whose hearts God has recorded the law of the spirit of life, cease not to pray that they may be found in Christ, not …

God creates “ca·lam·i·ty?”

ca·lam·i·ty noun noun: calamity; plural noun: calamities an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster. I know modern translations prefer to translate the Hebrew word "ra" as calamity...what do you say? Word Study Dictionary READS: ra‛, ָרָעה rā‛āh: An adjective meaning bad, evil. The basic meaning of this word displays ten or more …

That Soveraigne Drugge Arminianisme!

A post from ChristianForums.com that I wanted to blog so I didn’t lose the info and references with some slight edits to allow for ease of reading.  singlecandle writes: This is what the Catholic Encyclopedia says about Arminius: “A leader was sure to rise from the Calvinistic ranks who should point out the baneful corollaries of …

Gill on John 13.1

The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 2 Chapter 6Section 1—John 13:1. Having loved his own which were in the world he loved them unto the end. These words are expressive of the unchangeable and everlasting love of Christ to his people; who are his own by choice, by his Father’s gift, and his own …

False Religion

"Though most loudly denounce salvation by works, when examined closely, all false religion is works religion. Augustus Toplady put it this way – “Every religion except one puts you upon doing something in order to recommend yourself to God…It is the business of all false religion to patch up a righteousness in which the sinner …

Election

Here are eleven things expressly taught in the Word of God about election: 1. Election is “IN CHRIST.” No less than fourteen times in the first fourteen verses of Ephesians chapter one the Holy Spirit expressly tells us that every benefit and blessing of grace that comes to sinners from God is in Christ. 2. …

Roger Olsen on Freemasonry

SOURCE Going where angels fear to tread: Christianity and Freemasonry September 10, 2011 by Roger E. Olson 150 Comments One of my biggest culture shocks in moving to the South has been seeing all the enormous Masonic lodges and discovering that many, if not most, older Baptist (and other) men are members.  Where I come …

“…draw all men unto me.” John 7.32

(First posted on Feileadh Mor 5 years ago.) "It is most evident, that all men, that is, every individual of human nature, every son and daughter of Adam, have not faith, are not drawn, or enabled to come to Christ, and believe in him. There were many of the Jews who would not, and did …