"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
“Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14) The above statement was spoken by Jesus at the conclusion to His parable of the wedding feast (Matthew 22:1-14), in which He is illustrating how His gracious offer of entrance into the Kingdom of God/Heaven through faith in Him, has and will be made to many, […]
A Divine and Supernatural CALL Read More »
Called, predestined, elect, and chosen are all words found in the Bible, particularly in the New Testament. Throughout church history these terms have created a controversy that was ultimately crystallized into two theological schools of thought regarding how one obtains the benefits of Jesus’ redeeming work, namely what is referred to as Arminianism and the
“A Divine and Supernatural Light” (Part 4) Read More »
The Apostle Paul makes an astonishing claim in Romans 3:11 when he writes that “there is none who seeks after God”. This is not the first time such a statement is recorded in the Bible as Paul is just acknowledging what was already revealed in Psalm 14:2-3 and Psalm 53:2-3. It also refers back to Romans
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I am interrupting my series of posts titled “A Divine and Supernatural Light” to address an “important” breaking news story regarding that exalted and essential media venue of television entertainment. There apparently has been much vitriol regarding a recent Jeopardy program in which this fill in the blank clue was given, “Our Father, who art
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” Read More »
Being the self-appointed source of all true biblical knowledge in my marriage, I proudly challenged my wife the other day to recite for me the first commandment ever issued by God and offered her $10.00 if she could do so on the first try. After some stuttering, she blurts out, LET THERE BE LIGHT, and
“A Divine and Supernatural Light” (Part 2) Read More »
The title to this post is taken from a sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards to his congregation in 1734, that he titled “A Divine and Supernatural Light, Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God, Shown to be Both Scriptural and Rational Doctrine”. It is both an exposition of and commentary on the
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Who is Jesus Christ? The Bible makes it clear that our answer to this question is the determining factor in how we live our lives in this world and in our eternal destiny of either Heaven or Hell in the next (Galatians 2:20) (John 8:23-24) (John 3:36). Jesus, historically, beginning with His three-and-a-half-year ministry on
A Glorious and Necessary Confession Read More »
I have noted in previous posts that the glory of God, His revelation and display of the infinite perfections of His eternal being, is the central theme of the Bible, the purpose of all of creation, particularly the creation of man (Isaiah 43:7). The Bible reveals that God displays His glory in four ways: In
The Glory of God Displayed in Christ Read More »
In my previous post I looked at the proposition put forth by Pastor Brian Borgman and attested to by other Christian theologians such as Jonathan Edwards and John Piper, that the Bible reveals that all creation exists for and all of human/Biblical history centers around the revelation of the glory of God, the outshining of
It’s All About HIM – ad infinitum Read More »
In my previous post I included a link to a sermon by Pastor Brian Borgman titled Conformed to His Image, Part 2, in which Pastor Borgman asserts that “all creation exists for the incarnation,” that the glory of God, the outshining, the light of the infinite perfections of His being, would be displayed and proclaimed
It’s All About HIM! Read More »