What is our distinctive calling as a church in the different localities in our country where God has placed us? There are at least seven areas where our emphasis is to be different from what is currently the norm in much of Christendom, if we are to be uncompromisingly true to God's Word. 1. Not Gre... Read More
Reading: Matthew 5:13; 2 Kings 2:1-22; Acts 1:1-9. God's Provision For This World In the portions of Scripture listed above, we read of the days when the great prophet Elijah was about to be taken up to heaven. God sent Elijah at a time when Israel was turning further and further away from their God... Read More
In Peter's second letter he, I believe, identifies for us the author, under God, of the Epistle to the Hebrews. He mentions a letter written to Jewish believers by "our beloved brother Paul," "in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they d... Read More
I wish to address you at this time on "The Lord's Day, Its Privileges and Responsibilities." I will ask you to turn with me to three passages of Scripture, not exactly as texts, but by way of introducing the subject. First, in Exodus 20:8-11 we read: "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six d... Read More
reface I am taught by the Word of God to be able to give "a reason" for the hope that is in me, "with meekness and fear." This I will endeavor to do with the Lord's help. The conclusions I have reached are the result of much searching of heart, deep thought and earnest prayer. When a servant of God ... Read More
"Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching." -Hebrews 10:25 "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." -John 4:24 The apostle Paul's favorite name for fellow ... Read More
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:15-17 To Waste Time is to Waste Life Time is the most valuable commodity of all. It is a non-renewable... Read More
The cornerstone of replacement theology is ‘Preterism,’ - “the belief that holds that the Tribulation prophecies occurred in the first century [A.D.], and thus are past” (Kenneth Gentry). The hallmark of Preterism is its denial of the futurity of ‘the great tribulation’ (specifically Mt 24:21). But ... Read More
"... let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith ..." (v. 22) For reading & meditation: Hebrews 10:19-25 In every religion in the world apart from Christianity there is a note of uncertainty concerning this matter of personal salvation. Many modern religious attitudes are... Read More
Direction Third. A Second Exhortation to Arm, and an Argument urging the Exhortation. ‘Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand’ — Eph. 6:13 The Apostle in these words reassumes his former exhortation mentioned, ... Read More
(New Wine In New Wineskins) 20. Our distinctive calling as a church
A New Vessel Full Of Salt
Impossible to Renew Unto Repentance
The Lord's Day, Its Privileges and Responsibilities
A Return to First Principles - Seven Reasons Why
Brethren, We Have Met To Worship
REDEEM THE TIME
Preterism's Achille's Heel
M. A. - Mightily Assured
The Christian in Complete Armour - Part 6