WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE FREE-WILLGOSPEL? Basically the FREE-WILL GOSPEL has no biblical foundation. The scriptural emphasis is on the FREE-WILL of God in salvation, not man’s willingness to accept Christ whenever it suits him. “So then it is not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
BEWARE OF CONVENIENT RELIGION “Then Jeroboam…took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them (the people), it is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DAVID’S HEART’S DESIRE Psalm 84 “How amiable (lovely) are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!” The temple of extraordinary beauty was not yet constructed as David wrote this psalm, therefore he speaks here of the tabernacle which was lowly and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
PAUL’S STATEMENT ON DIVINE ELECTION Romans 9 Only God knows the number of self-styled gospel preachers who would, if they could get away with it, take a pin-knife and cut the ninth chapter of the letter to the Roman Church out of the Bible....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
TOO LATE FOR REGRETS Luke 16:19-31 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously (in luxury) every day.” Some identify this man with the term “Dives”; and some also suggest that he is the same with...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHY DOES HE BOTHER WITH US? My thought in Psalm 8:3-4 is in context with Eugene Peterson’s paraphrase of the text – “I look up at your macro-skies (the great world; the universe, or the visible system of worlds), dark and enormous, your handmade...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GOD’S JEWELS’ “And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels.” Malachi 3:17 ‘God’s Jewels’, this statement is full of the unfrustrated counsel of God. It reminds us of those words of David in Psalm 33:11...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
JESUS’ TEACHING ON THE DOCTRINE OF GRACE Did Christ teach the Doctrine of Grace? There would be no debate on the subject if men would allow Scripture to stand on its own; John 6 establishes our Lord’s teaching on the grace of God. The decree...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“…HE OPENED THEIR UNDERSTANDING…” Men, above all the creatures of the earth, are the most intelligent. Animals have a limited intelligence and are able to understand and communicate with each other and to a certain degree with man. Yet out of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
GOD, A STRONGHOLD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows them that trust in Him. Nahum 1:7 The Targum (Aramaic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible) reads the scripture above, “The Lord good – To...[ abbreviated | read entire ]