By Michael Gowens The last century brought a significant change to the religious landscape of the West. With the upsurge of Pentecostalism in the early 1900’s and the Charismatic Movement it spawned, the configuration of the Christian community was significantly altered. No longer was Christianity defined by the two traditional categories of emphasis—Evangelicals and Catholics….
Justification By Faith: Historical Versus Biblical
By Joseph R Holder Is our eternal justification solely by the merits and grace of Jesus Christ? If so, where does justification by faith come into the picture? In this edition of Gospel Gleanings, Elder Joe Holder examines the concept in light of scripture, rather than Reformed or Arminian tradition. ~Editor Gospel Gleanings: July 8, 2007…
The Effectual Call and the Gospel Call
By Matt Jordan The Effectual Call and The Gospel Call The effectual call is a call to eternal salvation; the gospel call is a call to repentance and faith. The effectual call is a call to sonship; the gospel call is a call to discipleship. God speaks directly in the effectual call; God speaks through…
Which version of the Bible should I use?
By Josh Winslett For English speaking people, my preference and strong conviction is the King James (Authorized) Version. Here are some reasons why: Because it is a translation and not paraphrased. One of the today’s most popular versions, the NIV, is 10% paraphrased. In other words, 10% are in mans words and not Gods. There…
The Extent of the Gospel
By David Pyles This post concerns the question of whether all of the elect will hear the gospel. I contend they will not, yet at the same time, I contend that we have no authority to offer the hope of eternal life to anyone who has not heard the gospel and believed it. First let…
Philip, The Pattern for Evangelism
By David Wise Philip is the only man in scripture who is specifically denoted by the Holy Spirit as an evangelist – “Philip the evangelist” (Acts 21:8). Paul tells the ordained minister Timothy to “do the work of an evangelist” (2 Tim. 4:5), and he also denotes “evangelists” as one of the four ministerial offices in the New Testament…
Knit Together In Love
By Bufrey Dean One of the most serious problems we face today is the breakdown of the American family. This problem not only affects our homes, but most assuredly affects our churches. Many of today’s churches face seven habitual mysteries.First is the mystery of the empty pew. Freedom to worship is apparently interpreted as freedom FROM…
Charity and Welfare
By Vaughn Winslett Leviticus 19:9 ” And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of the vineyard; thou shalt leave them for…
Family Worship
By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger–January 1891