IS GOD WILLING AND NOT ABLE? I thoroughly detest that form of preaching which presents God in the Trinity of His Persons as being willing to save but unable to effect that which He wills. It is commonly heard in statements that begin with, “God wants to…” or “God has done all that He can […]
SOVEREIGN GRACE AND EVANGELISM The preaching of Sovereign Grace is not an enemy of true evangelism. Let me hasten to say that the preaching of Sovereign Grace will kill, deader than a doornail, the message and method of present-day evangelism! And some of us believe with deadly intensity that the false message and method must […]
BEWARE OF FALSE TEACHERS 2 Peter 2: 1 There are false teachers today as there were before Christ came, as there were during our Lord’s earthly ministry and as there were during the days of the apostles. (Deut 13: 1-5; MT 24: 24-25; 2 Cor 11: 3-4; Phil 3: 1-3; Col 2: First, false teachers come appearing […]
The religion which I want (Letters of J. C. Philpot) I am quite sick of modern religion—it is such a mixture, such a medley, such a compromise. I find much, indeed, of this religion in my own heart, for it suits the flesh well—but I would not have it so, and grieve it should be […]
Romans 8:38-39 Religion is to know biblical facts; life is to know God (I John 5:20). Religion is to know what I believe; life is to know Whom I believe (II Timothy 1:12). Religion is to be baptized into the church; Life is to be baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3). Religion is to be reformed, […]
The sinner’s friend “I have called you friends!” John 15:15 The Pharisees called our Lord “The friend of sinners.” They thought to brand him with shame and hold his name up to ridicule; but what they thought to be his shame is his chief glory. He is indeed “the friend of sinners.” Thank God he […]
Mark then well the importance of the Truth of God, for in these days men are apt to set light by it and, for the sake of peace and quiet, to lead us to suppose that contrary things can also be true. The Truth is not only important, but substantial in its character. The Gospel […]
Not an Offer Anytime a preacher presents the grace of God as an offer on God’s part to anybody who is willing to receive it, he has not preached grace as the Bible does. The Bible does not say, “But God, who is rich in mercy for His great love where with He loved us, […]
Do you believe in common grace? To answer this question one needs to be able to define what common grace is. Unfortunately, the term means different things to different people. For some common grace describes God’s good gifts or common provisions in nature such as sunshine and rain. Some see it in terms of talents […]
If we deny- Charles Pennington. If we deny that man is dead in sin; that he is nothing, has nothing and can do nothing to merit salvation then we make ‘man true and God a liar’! If we deny God’s eternal and unconditional election of a people unto salvation; make salvation to be by man’s […]