When We Understand The Text
You are going to die. Yes, it is inevitable. Your life will come to an end. If there’s one statistic that’s true for everyone, it’s one out of every one person dies. Then what? Well, your eternal soul will go to one of two places—to heaven or hell. “But what if I don’t believe …
Romans 8:30 says, “And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified.” This is commonly referred to as the golden chain of redemption, a summary of the ordo salutis, or the order of salvation, the way God brings about …
What does RIP mean? In Latin, it stands for Requiescat in Pace, or in English, “Rest in peace.” The phrase was engraved on most tombstones during the 18th century, used prominently by the Roman Catholic church, but also by Anglicans, Lutherans, and Methodists. However, you can go all the way back to the second …
In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” This reference to “gates of hell” is often taken to mean that any attempt of Satan to mount an attack against the church will not succeed. Now, that’s certainly true, and history testifies. Two …
In John 3:3, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus replied, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” What does it mean to be born again? You’ve probably …
From Dr. Voddie Baucham out of a sermon on 2 Timothy 4:1-8: “If the social justice movement went by its actual name, young Christians would not have been lured into it. Because the social justice movement is actually Cultural Marxism. There’s no such thing as ‘social justice,’ people. In fact, in the Bible, justice …
By show of hands, how many of you are sinners? Yeah, everyone’s hands should be raised. The Bible says, “All have sinned and fallen” way short of God’s perfection (Romans 3:23). Here’s another question. How many of you are criminals? Raise your hand. The same hands should be raised. Most people might agree that …
In Luke 18, Jesus told a story about a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple to pray. The Pharisee prayed, “God, thank you that I’m not like other men, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give tithes of all I get.” But …
What is the gospel? Well, the word gospel means “good news.” Good news about what? The good news that God so loved the world He gave His only Son, and whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. The good news that whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall …
1 Peter 4:16 says, “If anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.” What is a Christian? Very simply, a Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. The word was first used at Antioch when the Greeks called Jesus followers Christians. Before that the …
From the late R.C. Sproul. Find the full sermon here. “If something happens in this world — by the power of men, by the power of nature, by the power of machines — God always has the power and authority to prevent it, at least, from happening. Does He not? And if He does …
Another mass murder in the news. Another disaster claiming many lives. The number of people killed grows every day. What would Jesus have said about such tragedies? Actually, He did address this in Luke 13:1-5. Some Galileans were murdered while they were sacrificing in the temple and their blood was mixed in with their …