Sinners Before an Infinitely Holy God
The following is a negative response by a visitor to the Christian belief that those who trust in their morality will end up in hell - that good morality is not what makes a Christian.Visitor:I don’t...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Jesus Christ
PRINTABLE PDFTHE GOSPEL IS A MESSAGE ABOUT:1. GOD1. Is. 6:1-5, 5:16; Rev.4:8-11. God is Holy.2. Dan. 4:35; Ps. 135:6. God is Sovereign.3. 1 Jn. 4:8,16. God is Love.4. Heb. 12:29. God is a Consuming...
View ArticleSlavery and the Idols of our Culture
An overwhelming number of our country's social problems are directly or indirectly realted to the idol of sex. You have abortion (millions dead), pornography (objectifying women), human trafficking...
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In Prayer We Come as Humble Suppliants for Mercy
by John CalvinIn prayer, we yield all confidence in ourselves and humbly plead for pardon8. We come as humble suppliants for mercy
View ArticleSecularism: Road to Nowhere
When I was a college freshman before I was a Christian, a friend of mine and I were on some mind altering substance and we decided to take a drive. He was driving towards the mountains.I said, "let's...
View ArticleWhy does the Bible ask people to repent and believe if they are unable to...
Question:Why does the Bible ask people to repent and believe if they are unable to respond?Answer:That's an important question... As R. C. Sproul once said, "God is not going to negotiate His holiness...
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Cognitive Dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is a state of conflict occurring within a person when they hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time. The conflict produces feelings of discomfort which the individual seeks...
View ArticleDear Atheist Friends
Dear atheist friends,If there is one thing I know for certain it is that I am not better than you. My purpose here is not to try to convince you that I am morally superior to you. Clearly, I am not....
View ArticleThor, Zeus, Orbiting Teapots and the Error of Equivocation
Two of the most common errors modern web atheists commit are the CATEGORY ERROR and the ERROR of EQUIVOCATION.CATEGORY ERROR an error in logic in which one category of a thing is presented as belonging...
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Some Thoughts From Calvin for Reformation Day
by John CalvinOUR feeling of ignorance, vanity, want, weakness, in short, depravity and corruption, reminds us, that in the Lord, and none but He, dwell the true light of wisdom, solid virtue,...
View ArticleThe Resurrection of Jesus and the Early Church
Many of the first Christians genuinely believed they witnessed Christ's physical resurrection from the dead (over 500 of them - 1 Cor 15:1-8). Including some who initially opposed it like Paul. The...
View ArticleCan a Person Self-Identify as a Homosexual and Continue a Gay Lifestyle and...
A visitor claimed that someone could still self-identify and continue a gay lifestyle and be a Christian.Response:If a person goes to Christ to save them from hell, but does not want Him to save them...
View ArticleCan We Get Meaning and Purpose out of Life by Being a Good Person?
Those who attempt to get meaning, purpose and satisfaction out of life by being a good person will be sadly disappointed. If we want justice in the world we ought to be careful what we wish for,...
View ArticleDistinguishing God’s Will and His Precepts: A Brief Study of Calvin’s...
D. Scott Meadows John Calvin wrote that “God’s will is . . . the cause of all things, [which makes] his providence the determinative principle for all human plans and works, not only in order to...
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Lasting Forgiveness for the Members of the Church!
by John CalvinLasting forgiveness for the members of the church!Not only does the Lord through forgiveness of sins receive and adopt us once for all into the church, but through the same means he...
View ArticleFellowship with the Triune God
by Herman Bavinck“ Fellowship with the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14), and secondarily with each other (1 John 1:7; 1 Cor. 12:12-31; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:16). The purpose of human life is fellowship with God;...
View ArticleBooks I Read in 2019
I love to read books; especially books on the Bible and theology. As you can see, with only 52 books on the list, I am not a fast reader and look with great admiration at those who can read a 600 page...
View ArticleWe shall see Him as He is!
by Thomas Boston"We shall see Him as He is!" - 1 John 3:2Then we shall behold Him who died for us, that we might live forevermore; whose matchless love made Him swim through the Red Sea of God's wrath,...
View ArticleThe Covenant of Grace in Time and Eternity
by Herman BavinckElection is not the whole counsel of redemption, but is a part, the first and principle part, of it. Included and established in that counsel is also the way in which the election is...
View ArticleThe Trials and Sufferings of the Godly
by Thomas WatsonGod's own people often suffer great afflictions."This is what the wicked are like—always carefree, they increase in wealth. Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I...
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