Several times a year I receive an update from Bro. Sergey, a good and godly man I had the privilege of meeting and preaching with while ministering in Siberia several years ago. I thought of the work he is doing in house churches while the Notre Dame Cathedral was still smoldering from the terrible fire… Continue reading The Biblical Basis for House Churches
Category: Salvation & Justification
Did God Make Pete Buttigieg Gay?
On April 4, 2019, in New York, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, South Bend, Indiana mayor addressed the National Action Network convention. He had many political points he wanted to make with the audience and news media, but no point was more important for him than to justify his homosexuality. Targeting the Christian conservative vice… Continue reading Did God Make Pete Buttigieg Gay?
Jacob and Esau What Does Election Say to You?
“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” –Romans 9:13 The Biblical doctrine of election remains one of the most unpopular and emotionally charged teaching in Christendom. Many pastors, teachers, and Christian authors are not simply opposed to the doctrines of grace, and God’s sovereignty in salvation, they are openly… Continue reading Jacob and Esau What Does Election Say to You?
Eleven Wonderful Promises of God
God's has promised His personal presence in life. Jesus said, "I will never leave thee" Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee” (Heb. 13:5). “If God does not enter your kitchen, there is something wrong… Continue reading Eleven Wonderful Promises of God
The “Braggmony” of a Rich Young Peacock
“Some people have a true testimony to share. Others only have an exaggerated ‘braggamony’ to declare.”—Stanford E. Murrell “And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up” (Luke 18:21). No one likes to be thought badly about. Most of us hold dearly to our reputations, well deserved or not. Of course, in… Continue reading The “Braggmony” of a Rich Young Peacock
How to Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus
The Early Years in the Service of the Savior AN EXPOSITION OF MARK 1:19, 20 “And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee… Continue reading How to Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus
God’s Free Love and Free Grace, Not Free Will
For many years I was curious as to why a person reared as a conservative Calvinist, would become a theological Arminian. For those who are not familiar with those terms, a Calvinist is a Christian influenced by the teaching of the French religious theologian, John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564), one of… Continue reading God’s Free Love and Free Grace, Not Free Will
