The Higher Christian Life
How to Experience the Abundant Life Jesus Promised
Truly Saved, Always Saved.
The doctrine known as eternal security or the perseverance of the saints is one of the cornerstones of Reformed Theology. It can be defined as follows: The perseverance of the saints means that all those who are truly (the operative word) born again will be kept by...
The Long Slide from Ephesus to Laodicea
Ephesus. The first of seven letters the Lord wrote to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3. Remember? Do you know what the name Ephesus means? It means beloved. It carries with it the sense of love - but not just any kind of love. Ephesus conveys the kind of...
Hey, it DOES matter how we live!
The following is from John Bunyan (1628-1688), of The Pilgrim's Progress fame. It looks, based on his comment below, like they were having the same problem with "Christians not acting like Christians" that we have today. You know, the old "second verse, same as the...
The Dark Side of Being a Pastor
The following are a list of concerns, complaints, problems, and heart-felt cries of anguish that many Baptist pastors submitted to the question: "What are some of the problems you face being a pastor?" The results of this anonymous post are chilling. Read and...
The Wal-Mart Brand of Church
I have recently been reflecting on some things in our society, especially in the church, that seem so out of kilter. There are a couple of questions that have been rattling around in my head that have to do with what we are willing to sacrifice to achieve what our...
Spiritual Resolution for 2014
On April 13th, 1832 George Muller received a letter from Henry Craik, his friend and co-laborer in ministry, to come to Bristol to join him in the work there. One week later, on April 20th, George Muller left for Bristol encouraged by the preaching, teaching,...
Podcast 233: The Timeless Message of Haggai, Part 2
The entire message of Haggai can be summed up in these three words: Consider your ways. After all, consider this warning given five times in Haggai: Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider your ways!" - Haggai 1:5 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider...
Podcast 232: The Timeless Message of Haggai, Part 1
After 14 years of doing nothing the Lord finally sent the prophet Haggai to confront the apathy and laziness of His remnant. First, the Lord rebukes them for their excuse. Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: "This people says, 'The time has not come, the time that...
The Seeker-Sensitive Sham
In the midst of the current onslaught, the hostile takeover of mainline churches by the seeker-sensitive hoard of mega-church devotees, the following quote rings clear and true. It stands as one of the many unheeded warnings from those a generation ago who looked...
What happens when false prophets actually deliver?
Good question. What does happen? What does it mean when false prophets actually do what they claim they can do? What does that mean? What happens when "signs and wonders"— no, real signs and wonders accompany the preaching of a false prophet? What are we to think?...
