The apostle emphasises the urgency of this calling. Redeem the time because the days are evil! They were at that time in the dark days of the Roman Empire. The days are even more evil today, though man in his pride boasts that things are always and only getting better and improving. This is also …
Tag: Pardon
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. …
The Call of God!
"The Lord knoweth them that are his" (2Timothy 2:19). "My word...shall not return unto me void" (Isaiah 55:11). There is a threefold end of purpose in God desiring the promiscuous proclamation of his gospel in all the world. One, the Lawgiver, on his authority, he has the sovereign right to dictate to man his duty. …
Molech’s Fires Still Burn!
The voices of children they cry from the womb, Unwanted by parents and facing their doom; In the name of abortion sentenced to death, Long before they’ve taken their very first breath. Mamas’, don’t kill us we promise we'll be good, We’ll grow up just fine and do what we should; To live, to live …
Home-born Slaves!
I've talked to a lot of people in a lot of places in my travels. A guy in Ocho Rios, in Jamaica, collared me one day. He asked if I thought that what we, the Brits, that is, had done to Jamaicans in the past was wrong. He was taken aback when I agreed with …
The power of Self-deceit!
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah17:9) "The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true" (Demosthenes). "We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves" (Goethe). "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (Rousseau). "Despite their …
