If you didn't find what you were looking for, try a new search!
To claim to be a Christian, saved by God's grace and by the power of Gospel of Jesus Christ, and not to belong to a local body of believers, is to claim that you are committed to the Head but not to the Body. “I don’t think the New Testament knows anything about a Christian that doesn’t belong [...]
The theological controversy that was stirring back when I was in seminary was the Lordship Salvation controversy. The issue was whether or not submission to Jesus as Lord is a post-conversion thing or part of the essence of saving faith. I recall vividly fellow students asking me what I thought of Zane Hodges book Absolutely Free. [...]
Judgment Free Zone. Ten dollars down. Ten dollars a month. Having been in the health industry for 30 years between being an avid weightlifter, a follower of the Mr. Olympia, a certified personal trainer and a manager at a sport supplement store, I see lines like these fill the ads of many gyms in this [...]
Mother's Day, which we just celebrated this past Sunday May 8, is one of the most celebrated holidays. Hallmark and FTD look forward to this day annually with salivating anticipation. So while our regular calendars say Sunday was Mother's Day, our church calendars say Sundays is the Lord's day. So what's a pastor to do? [...]
We hear the word "election" and suddenly the hairs on our neck stand up as we think to ourselves, "That's not fair. It is unjust of God."(Romans 9:14) "The fallen human mind tends to think it is unjust for God to choose some but not everyone - as if we had a right to demand [...]
Though it's been 25 years since I graduated seminary(No I'm not that old I'm just that much wiser), I can remember like it was yesterday Prof(Howie Hendricks) telling us that at weddings and funerals to always preach the Gospel. Since then it's been forever etched in my mind. To me it's part of being in [...]
"You must be born again."(emphasis added) John 3:7 These words from the lips of the Savior still ring true today as when He first uttered them to Nicodemus. Like a clarion call, Jesus makes it unequivocally clear that one must be born again in order to enter the kingdom of heaven(John 3:5). This is not a suggestion. [...]
I will never forget a few years ago when the ladies from our church, who had recently returned from a women's conference, were telling me that my wife was the talk of the conference. That alone surprised me because, though she was part of a panel Q & A discussion at the women's conference, my [...]
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 [...]
You see it all the time on social media. Before and after pictures of people who changed their eating habits and committed to a training program. They lose weight. They look and feel healthier. It's almost a brand new person. Well the Bible explains that there are before and after portraits of those whose lives [...]
