THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TESTIMONY OF BAPTISM In I John 5:6-8 we read, This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SOVEREIGN GRACE Hated by the Modern Religionist “If anything is hated bitterly it is the out-and-out gospel of the grace of God, especially if that hateful word ‘sovereignty’ is mentioned with it. Dare to say, “He will have mercy on whom He...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
EVERLASTING LIFE or AN EVERLASTING TORMENT? Do you believe me when I say to you that the Lord Jesus Christ spoke these words, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life, and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
SINS PARDONED Though it is often difficult to harmonize one text of scripture with another, which seems diametrically opposed, it is not impossible. We know there is no contradiction in scripture. For example, Hebrews 8:12, “For I will be...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
THE BONDAGE OF SIN King Charles I stood as a prisoner at a barred window in top of Carisbrooke Castle attempting to escape. His followers had secured the means and at the bottom of the wall they waited to enable him to flee the country. On the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
WHO HAS “FREE-WILL” IN SALVATION GOD OR MAN? Over a period of the past one hundred years a distorted idea has developed concerning who has the power and who exercises the authority in the salvation of sinners. The popular notion is that Christ...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
DISRESPECT TO THE WORD OF GOD DISRESPECT TO THE PREACHER “Then Elisha went up … to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, ‘Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!’ So he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
MAN-CENTERED PREACHING “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God” I Peter 4:17 Repentance must always begin in the Assembly of God’s people. The key place for it to start is with those who preach. The great 15th and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Part VIII “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12). John the Baptist was forerunner of Christ and introducer of the New...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
IF A BAPTIST, WHY? Part VII Alexander Carson born and died in Ireland (1776-1844): he was an author, pastor-teacher and theologian. He studied in Glasgow and was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. After several years...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
