The Trinity

In the first chapter of Genesis we are taught this truth in the loftiest way possible, and elsewhere, too, it is expressed most gloriously in word and song. He speaks, and it is done; He commands, and it stands fast (Ps. 33:9). He sends out His word, and melts the morsels of ice (Ps. 147:18). …

Armor of Light

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to …

Effort in the Flesh

"In the great majority of cases, professing Christians are too puffed up by a sense of what they suppose they are doing for God, to earnestly study what God has promised to do for and in His people. They are so occupied with their fleshly efforts to "win souls for Christ" that they feel not their own deep need …

Is “Calvinism” Biblical? (pt 12)

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT REPROBATION: Webster's Dictionary of 1828 defines reprobation thusly; REPROBA''TION, n.  [L. reprobatio.] 1.  The act of disallowing with detestation, or of expressing extreme dislike. 2.  The act of abandoning or state of being abandoned to eternal destruction. When a sinner is so hardened as to feel no remorse or misgiving …

Is “Calvinism” Biblical? (pt 9)

THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THE GOSPEL IS NOT GIVEN TO ALL:  We fail to recognize the sinfulness of sin if we believe the Gospel is discerned in the flesh and therefore something we can believe in on our own. The Bible teaches us that sin kills, we are dead in sin, can do nothing to be saved …

Is “Calvinism” Biblical? (pt 8)

THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT WE ARE SAVED BY THE SPIRIT: We are not made sons and daughters of God by our choice, our ability to discern the spiritual goodness of God or believe the Gospel. This ability to receive the Gospel is "lead by the Spirit." For as many as are led by the …

Is “Calvinism” Biblical? (pt 5)

WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT ELECTION: The Bible is one BIG document...consistent in all it's parts. A wonderful document with many difficult passages, and each passage works to clear up misunderstandings about another, allowing us to see a consistent theological theme presented. Election unto salvation must proceed salvation for God is the one who chooses. …

A divine religion

By J. C. Philpot Our great desire for ourselves in personal experience and in all that we bring before our readers, either as written by our own pen or that of others, is a faith which stands not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. We dearly love vital religion; we …

Praise Him!

Rev. 4.1-3 "Where God is rightly seen, He will be seen exceeding stately and Glorious: O so wonderful! whom nothing can resemble, whom no tongue can express, nor eye behold, nor heart conceive! what were it to imagine thousands of mountains of the most previous stones imaginable, and thousands of Suns shining in their brightness? …

Hanserd Knollys – Revelation 7 & 8

Why go to all this trouble selecting choice quotes and blogging them? To slowly introduce you to Hanserd Knollys' work a little at a time. Any emphasis was added, thanks. Rev. 7.1: This chapter consists of two general parts; first, Christ's special care of his churches and saints in those evil times, which were to …