About Ben Mercedes

Husband to Irene, Father to Jovvany and Noah. Creative Director for No Compromise Radio.

Get to know your Enemy

"The highest being God ever made, this anointed, angelic being wanted to be like God and in the sin of pride he was thrown out of heaven and Revelation 12 says - Like a great dragon he fell and with his tail he swept a third of the angels with him. So, Lucifer, this fallen angel, [...]

By |2017-04-03T20:34:45-04:00August 7th, 2014|Articles|Comments Off on Get to know your Enemy

Carl Trueman Preface: Things that go Bump in the church

One of my most treasured possessions is an old paperback Christian book.  It is somewhat battered and dog-eared and the pages are yellowed at the edges.  IT also has one of those awful 1980s covers, a picture of a sunset, that were so popular among evangelicals.   Aesthetically, it has all the appeal of a dated [...]

By |2017-04-03T20:34:46-04:00March 14th, 2014|Articles|Comments Off on Carl Trueman Preface: Things that go Bump in the church

J. Gresham Machen, in “The Necessity of the Christian School”

“I think I am just about as strongly opposed to the reading of the Bible in state-controlled schools as any atheist could be. “For one thing, the reading of the Bible is very difficult to separate from propaganda about the Bible. I remember, for example, a book of selections from the Bible for school reading, [...]

By |2017-04-03T20:34:46-04:00February 13th, 2014|Articles|Comments Off on J. Gresham Machen, in “The Necessity of the Christian School”

Eight Symptoms of False Teaching – J.C. Ryle

Over 100years ago, J.C. Ryle shared a similar list that focused on symptoms of false teaching that still has tremendous relevance for the church today. Here are Bishop J.C. Ryle’s 8 symptoms of false teaching:   1. There is an undeniable zeal in some teachers of error–their “earnestness” makes many people think they must be [...]

By |2017-04-03T20:34:47-04:00May 14th, 2013|Articles|Comments Off on Eight Symptoms of False Teaching – J.C. Ryle

Kermit Gosnell’s America — What His Trial Really Reveals – (Al Mohler)

  "The doctor is a murderer. The trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell ended yesterday, with the infamous abortion doctor convicted of three counts of first degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter. The doctor’s abortion clinic, described by a Philadelphia prosecutor as a “house of horrors,” is no more, but the truth revealed in [...]

By |2023-06-29T06:35:39-04:00May 14th, 2013|Articles|Comments Off on Kermit Gosnell’s America — What His Trial Really Reveals – (Al Mohler)

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