The offense of the Cross “And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offence of the cross ceased.” Galatians 5:11 The preaching of the cross of Jesus Christ is offensive to the natural man. We that believe look at the cross and we see grace, mercy, love, […]
The Gospel of the Bible Salvation of sinners is all about the glory of God (Rom 11:36, Col 3:11, 2 Thess 2:14) and it is in this salvation of sinners that all the divine attributes of God are gloriously revealed. The reconciliation of fallen sinners to a Holy God requires the infinitely powerful work of […]
Effectual Atonement Isaiah 53:10-12 What happened at Calvary? Did the Lord Jesus Christ redeem His people from all iniquity; or did he merely make them redeemable? Did He actually put away our sins; or did He merely make it possible for our sins to be put away? Did the Lamb of God reconcile us to […]
The Golden Key! The Golden Thread! by Octavius Winslow Jesus is the one great theme both of the Old Testament and the New. The whole Bible is designed to testify of Christ, “The Scriptures point to Me!” John 5:39 In Christ the Messiah, in Jesus the Savior, in the Son of God the Redeemer — all the truths of the […]
The Gospel of God is not good advice, but good news. In preaching the Gospel we do not tell sinners what they must do, but what God has done.- Don Fortner.
I can spend the rest of my life attacking, one at a time, every heretic who ever lied on God, by pointing out all the wrong things they say, and for every one I denounce, there will be a thousand more I will never have time to address. Or, I can just declare the truth […]
“The Gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is not a thing to be proved, but truth to be believed. It is not submitted to our reasoning powers as a subject for critical examination. The gospel is a MESSAGE FROM GOD, addressed to the conscience, feelings, and affections. For this reason, men fond of argument […]
Preaching from the Heart Bro. Scott Richardson once described preaching like this: “Preaching is getting a message from God’s heart to my heart, and from my heart to your heart.” When I hear a man preach, I want to hear a man preach from his heart. When I preach, I want to preach from my […]
Wise Counsel for Preachers to Follow The year was 1768. A young preacher by the name of Augustus Toplady, who wrote many of our best hymns, including “Rock of Ages”, spent the afternoon in London with an older, veteran Gospel preacher, whom he greatly admired and from whom he learned much. The older preacher was […]
“Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto those who are outside, all these things are said in parables.” Mark 4:11 By “the kingdom of God” is meant the same thing as “the kingdom of heaven,” that is, the internal kingdom set up in the heart by the […]