The following quote is adapted from John Bunyan’s (1628 – 1688) book An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of the Eleventh, as found in The Works of Bunyan, by Banner of Truth Publishing. This book is “an unfinished commentary on the Bible, found among the author’s papers after his death, […]
God Is Our Dwelling Place Scripture reveals God as the dwelling place for His children. Psalm 91 in particular speaks of the believer’s privilege of dwelling in the “secret place of the Most High.” God is also referred to as a Rock, Fortress, Shield, Mountain Refuge, and High Tower. God has chosen to reveal […]
GOD’S SURE AND ETERNAL WORD Sunday, August 18, 2013 I. Psalm 1 The introduction to Psalm 1, (from the NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Publishers). “…Godly wisdom here declares the final outcome of the two ‘ways’: ‘the way that sinners take’ (v.1) and ‘the way of the righteous’ (v. 6)…As part of […]
GALATIANS Sunday, August 11, 2013 Preserving The Truth Of The Gospel Galatians 2:1 – 10 I. Introduction: Desertion from Paul’s Gospel Is Desertion from the Gospel (1:1 – 2:21) A. Greeting: Paul’s Apostolic Authority (1:1 – 5) B. Problem Explained: Desertion from the Gospel (1:6 – 10) C. Paul’s […]
GALATIANS Sunday, August 4, 2013 The Divine Origin of the Gospel Part 2 Galatians 1:11 -17; 18 – 24 Read 1:11 – 24 I. Introduction: Desertion from Paul’s Gospel Is Desertion from the Gospel (1:1 – 2:21) A. Greeting: Paul’s Apostolic Authority (1:1 – 5) B. Problem Explained: Desertion from […]
Having taught a class on biblical hermeneutics I have become much more aware of interpretational errors and assumptions Christians often make. All believers need to master some basic principles of biblical hermeneutics in order to rightly handle God’s Word. As John MacArthur accurately states: “If you don’t have the meaning of Scripture, you do not […]
Following are the notes and outline of Sunday’s message. The message itself did not record due to an error, so it will not be found on the sermon page – sorry about that. The quotes that I used in the message can be found at the end of this blog under “Quotes.” These quotes are […]
CONTEND FOR THE FAITH . Jude, the brother of the Lord exhorted believers in his day to “earnestly contend for the faith that was once and for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3b). As believers in Christ we are to take heed to this exhortation and do the same. We must know the fundamental […]
I found this post on another blog. I felt that some important points were made that can be helpful. Feel free to post a response. The following is a conversation that recently took place in my daughter’s middle school group. And I think it does a good job highlighting three mistakes that we often make […]
Purity Of Doctrine The following meditation is taken from the book Law & Gospel: How To Read And Apply The Bible, by C. F. W. Walther. Walther was a Lutheran scholar who lived and taught in the nineteenth century (1811 – 1887). He was born in Germany and came to the United States […]