Lately at Flint River, I have been attempting to preach through the book of Daniel. It’s been encouraging, in that Daniel is a book of one deliverance in the face of persecution after another. It also speaks to the Divine inspiration of scripture, in that God discloses the reality of the next three world empires…
Solomon’s Prayer and Christ our Temple
Recently, our Wednesday night studies led us to Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication for the Temple. As you recall, from the time of Moses until David, the worship of God was centered around a portable structure called The Tabernacle. Lest you think that inferior, God Himself ordered the production and the layout of the Tabernacle. Within…
Are You Converted?
Ask yourself this question: Do I stand in need of conversion? Pointed question? Terrifying thought? It ought to cause us all to engage in a period of self reflection. Caveat To be clear, I refer to conversion and not regeneration. The new birth (regeneration, quickening) is a GOD ONLY action. It is literally life from death….
Quote – Purpose of the Gospel
Below is an excerpt from The Autobiography of Elder Wilson Thompson, Chapter 26. “They denied that the preaching of the gospel had any power to convert the dead sinner, or to give him life, and declared that man in nature was dead in trespasses and sins, and that as no means could be used to give…
Idle Hands and Opportunity to Sin
Too much time on your hands? Idleness is warned against in the scriptures. Not only does it cause us to be unproductive, it also opens the door to sinful activity. Consider the lesson in Luke 11:24-26. In this, Jesus gives an example of an unclean spirit being cast out of a man, only to find…
Does Numbers 5:11-31 support abortion?
Recently I was asked if Numbers chapter 5 verses 11-31 supports a woman’s right to abort their unborn child. These passages define the civil actions that God commanded the Israeli men of the Old Testament to take if they were “jealous” of their wife; jealous meaning that the husband believed the wife to be unfaithful….
A Problem with the Doctrine of the General Atonement
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.2 Peter 3:9 The idea that Christ died for all mankind is very well-known. However, because something is well-known does that make it correct? By…
Lukewarm Christians
The word lukewarm, by itself, means to be; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. That definition is where I start my understanding about lukewarmness. The word “lukewarm” appears only once in scripture. It appears in a letter that Jesus was audibly giving to the apostle John to deliver unto the angel of church of the…
Render Unto Caesar – Tax Time Again!
A couple of years ago, my wife and I decided to refinance our home. We are budget minded people, have no credit cards and avoid debt if at all possible. Needless to say, when the rates dropped down into the low 3% range a refi was too good to pass up. Once we began the…