To treat all people with kindness and courtesy is impossible without the grace that God imparts. Our good and kind treatment of others—all others—is an extension of God’s invitation directly to the heart of each person.
Read MoreThrough each of us there is the potential for His Word, the Spirit-breathed Word, to go forth with power and to breathe life into a dying soul. Each of us has the choice to speak that Word. How readily He dispenses His grace to those who will ask for and receive it!
Read MoreThus, victories in Christ multiplied freely across France. But, in keeping with the familiar old pattern of history, severe persecution lay in wait for the French disciples of Christ….
Read MoreEven though the majority of the people rejected the gospel message, there were many during these brief years who accepted it wholeheartedly.
Read MoreSatan craftily projects two opposite extremes into the world, one being that obedience is unnecessary, while the other extreme encumbers simple truth with added, unbiblical rules, making obedience appear burdensome and unreasonable.
Read MorePerishing or being saved . . . Beloved, it is for you to choose as to which of these processes you will allow to capture and engage your attention and activities.
Read MoreAcceptance of this proposal would confine limited religious liberty to reformed Saxony, but everywhere else free inquiry and profession of the reformed faith were crimes leading to the dungeon’s torture or death by being burned at the stake.
Read MoreIt is incumbent upon every working human mind to be personally responsible for every belief incorporated into thinking.
Read MoreAmazingly, this persecution was accompanied by explosive growth and spread of the original, pure faith. The very intensity of the persecution of those days kept it free from nominal and lukewarm Christians.
Read MoreWhile it is certainly possible to look back into the lives of those who led the charge in the Reformation and find fault or shortcomings, we cannot charge them with failing to act upon that light which the Spirit of God had made clear to them.
Read More…. he could not help but contrast the faith and courage manifested on the martyr’s face with his own inner despair—and all this while living a life of total obedience to the church, just as he had been taught!
Read MoreThus, the first step of reconciliation is illustrated for us. It is “picture” of owning up to and confessing sin before God, and exercising faith in the substitutionary death of the sinless One.
Read MoreThe years of life, and yes, even the day of death of the faithful brings glory to God. Do not forget how the resurrected Jesus, immediately after restoring Peter, explained to him that he would also be crucified . . .
Read MoreAs a child growing up, Jesus was “home schooled” in the Scriptures. His oneness with the Father was diligently and faithfully maintained through prayer.
Read MoreWhile our Commander in Chief is infinitely more powerful than the enemy, we must understand that humans are no match. Not even close.
Read MoreThank Him right now that He is able to see all that each of us can potentially become. For every soul who wholeheartedly seeks to follow the way, God’s vision will become the reality in the end.
Read MoreJust as there were those in the jeering crowd at the crucifixion of Jesus who later gave their hearts to Him, John Wesley . . . held to the faith, knowing that among those who ridiculed and threatened were future citizens of the kingdom of heaven.
Read MoreHe alone can provide the divine and sacred spark that re-creates. We must know Who it is that we worship! This is about renewal and restoration of His original plan for each of us.
Read MorePaul’s thankfulness that he had been called out of error added power to his manner of speaking and writing. He, along with the Lord, has often been called harsh and unyielding.
Read MoreThe essential theme of overcoming unbelief is taught throughout Scripture. Jesus envisions us as whole and complete overcomers, fit for eternal life with Him.
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