The theory that God has grace to all men is a heresy that is vigorously opposed by the Reformation's doctrines, most thoroughly. To be a friend of the Reformation is to be an enemy of 'Common Grace.' It lies at the root of the present and growing apostasy in the Western churches today. It is …
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CS Lewis Exposed!
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) The late British author C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis (1898-1963), who was known as Jack, is extremely popular with evangelicals today. Most Christian book-stores feature the writings of Lewis without a word of warning. A "Christianity Today" reader's poll in 1998 rated Lewis the most influential evangelical writer. The December 2005 …
What Shall We Sing? (1)
If Christian worship is to be regulated by scripture, the word of God, then what we sing in public gatherings to worship must also be regulated by the word of God. Worship, of course, is the Christian life. The Reformers were very serious about worship, it's elements. We in this generation have regressed. The Old …
Soul Sleep!
One false teaching that we must firmly reject, is that of soul sleep. When man dies, the soul is separated from the body, but "when separated from the body (it) neither sleeps nor dies" (Second Helvetic Confession). A little later in the chapter, the Confession expressly "condemn(s) all who ridicule or by subtle arguments cast …
The Sweet Psalmist of Israel!
There was required in the man who was to be, by way of eminence, "the Psalmist of Israel," a saint of manifold experience. Such a man was David.Into his single life were crowded vicissitudes of many lives. His boyhood made him acquainted with the deep-flowing, tranquil joys of a godly and well-ordered home (a better …
Not Ashamed of the Gospel!
Recently I was invited to visit Greece for an inside look at Gospel work among the tens of thousands of refugees there...The refugees I met in Athens are from some of the most war-ravaged and Gospel-destitute regions of the Middle East, including Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran. They fled here looking for a better life, and …
Dispensationalism & Orthodoxy!
There are two distinct areas where dispensationalism, which is a theological system, diverges from orthodox New Testament Christianity. There is, to begin with, a consistent Antinomianism which distinguishes dispensational theology. This one ingredient alone, if shown, destroys completely any claim of dispensationalism to Christianity. A person just cannot be antinomian and Christian in his theology. …
