Ten Reasons to Reach Out to People
Unless God was mistaken in His concern, we must reach out to people. Unless Gos revelation of Himself in Christ was a meaningless gesture, we must reach out to people. Unless Jesus was mistaken when He created the church, we must reach out to people. Unless the disciples misunderstood what Jesus told them to do, […]
Are Honesty and Sincerity Enough?
There is sufficient evidence to show that this question can be answered negatively. A prominent example in the Old Testament is King Saul. Saul thought he had done God’s will when he spared the best of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:15, 20). He seemed to have good intentions in wanting to offer the best to […]
The “Clean Conscience” of Baptism
In trying to decide if baptism is essential to salvation, have you ever thought about the connection of conscience and baptism? Hebrews 9:14 says, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” The […]
Calling Upon the Name of the Lord
In Peter’s Pentecost sermon, in Acts the second chapter, Peter quotes from three different prophesies in the Old Testament, one of which is Joel 2. He used this prophecy to show that the things that were taking place on that day were that which was spoken by the prophet Joel. “And it shall come to […]
What About the Thief on the Cross?
A couple of weeks ago, we ran an article titled, “The Baptism Of Desire.” A man called us, taking issue with the statement that one has to be baptized in order to be saved. He urged us to look at the thief on the cross. In Luke 23:43, Jesus said, “Verily I say unto thee, […]
Equipping Ourselves to Teach the Lost
When it comes to equipping ourselves to do the Lord’s word, there is certainly no substitute for a study of the Word of God. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped […]
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack demonstrated that a whole nation was unprepared for the attack. Nearly everyone, in their satisfaction with the trivia of everyday living, ignored all the evidence that an attack was coming. U.S. civilian and military intelligence forces had, between them, sufficient information to anticipate Japanese aggression weeks, or even months, before the […]
The Baptism of Desire
On the April 25, 2011 broadcast of “The O’Reilly Factor,” Bill O’Reilly had as his guest a “pastor” who believes that there is no hell and that no one will be punished for eternity, not even Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, etc. O’Reilly, giving the Catholic view of eternal reward, said, “Non-Christians who seek […]
What Is Man?
An astronomer once remarked to Fulton J. Sheen, a Catholic Archbishop, “To an astronomer, man is nothing but an infinitesimal dot in an infinite universe.” “An interesting point of view,” Sheen responded, “but you seem to forget that your infinitesimal dot of a man is still the astronomer.” David reminds us of what man the […]
The New Birth #2
Direct Operation of the Spirit? The fourth of the five points of Calvinism is the doctrine called “irresistible grace,” the theory that says that God sends His Holy Spirit in the heart of His “elected one” to create faith, which action sinners cannot resist, it is “irresistible”; this despite the fact that Stephen accused his […]