Luke 14: 28-33 Nothing is clearer to me in the scriptures than the total inability of fallen men to do anything spiritual. He must be born again and given what he could never produce of himself. These facts alone ought to convince me that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 39: 5 It is the assumption of most that sin is something that comes into their lives at moments of weakness. Anger, jealousy, and pride, finding an occasion, cause their feet to slip and sin enter the door. If they could somehow get...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The gospel I preach is the “gospel of God” (Romans 1: 1). I fear Him and the glory of His name more than I do those to whom I speak. I had rather ruffle YOUR feathers than dishonor His character. I persuade men with a view to His...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Genesis 9: 14 The bow in the sky does not profit us if we do not look and consider it. While the storm forces the attention of all who are in its path, the bow can only be enjoyed by those who look and perceive why it is there. The bow in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
James 2: 14-26This book of James primarily deals with the uselessness of our empty professions of faith. An empty profession of faith is one that has no power to persevere trials and afflictions. An empty profession is just a hollow shell of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ephesians 6: 17To a soldier going into an ancient battle, his helmet was very important. A wound to the head would be a destructive blow. But with his helmet on he can walk with his head raised high without fear of it being chopped off. The...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jeremiah 2: 13 “For my people have committed two evils; They have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” There are two great evils that describe the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come (John 16:13). I do not overlook or...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Lord went up to the Feast of the Tabernacles and there met with a mixed multitude. “There was much murmuring among the people concerning him; for some said, He is a good man; others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people (John 7:...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons'wives with thee. (Genesis 6: 18) The ark of Noah was a covenant ark. God swore by his name that everything that was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]