Preaching: A Serious Thing
“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor Reading this line from a longer poem by Baxter stunned me. I have been…
“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor Reading this line from a longer poem by Baxter stunned me. I have been…
As early as 1937, Dr. H. A. Ironside noted that the biblical doctrine of repentance was being diluted by those who wished to exclude it from the gospel message. He wrote, “The doctrine of repentance…
There’s only one man, the Author of lifewho overcame death and the grave. There’s only one Lamb who is holy enough,whose blood has the power to save. There’s only one Shepherd with love so greatHe’d…
There’s a way back to God from the dark path of sin;There’s a door that is open and you may go in:At Calvary’s cross is where you begin,When you come as a sinner to Jesus.…
There was no other good enoughTo pay the price of sin.He only could unlock the gateOf heav’n, and let us in. from There is a Green Hill Far Away (1848) by Cecil Frances Alexander
How deep the Father’s love for us, How vast beyond all measure,That he should give his only Son To make a wretch his treasure.How [deep] the pain of searing loss— The Father turns his face…
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. While we live our earthly lives as followers of Christ, faith carries us along on the journey. It is…
Jesus was kindhearted, but He was not nice. When you read the gospels, you see He was not nice when it came to sin and hypocrisy; especially the Saducees and the Pharisees even though He…
“The concept of substitution may be said…to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting…