Journey Through the Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Five)

Lo! th’ incarnate God ascended,Pleads the merit of His blood:Venture on Him, venture wholly,Let no other trust intrude It's easy to forget or even overlook how incredible that first statement is. Lo! th’ incarnate God ascended,Pleads the merit of His blood: Maybe Job had a better understanding of this. In Job chapter nine, he laments...

Great Quotes: Humility

“There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God.” ― Paul Washer “Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness.” — Charles H. Spurgeon "Humility is not simply feeling small and useless -- like an inferiority complex. It...

It’s Time to Open the Doors #FreeJamesCoates

I posted week or so ago about a Canadian pastor who was arrested for the crime of...opening his church. During a seemingly unending arbitrary lockdown mandated by the government, Pastor James Coates stood for truth over fear and opened his church so his congregation could worship together as Scripture commands (Hebrews 10:25). For this, he...

Great Quotes: Doctrine

Too many Christians are doctrinally malnourished so that any bacteria or virus of heresy that comes their way soon wreaks havoc on their lives. ~ Conrad Mbewe “I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables...

Great Quotes: The Holiness of God (Part Two)

Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God. -- Jerry Bridges...

Great Quotes: Personal Holiness

“As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun's brightness, though immensely less in degree.”― Jonathan Edwards “The best course...

Journey Through The Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Three)

Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,God’s free bounty glorify;True belief and true repentance,Every grace that brings you nigh In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus said to those around him, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR...

Great Quotes: The Holiness of God

We tend to have mixed feelings about the holy. There is a sense in which we are at the same time attracted to it and repulsed by it. Something draws us toward it, while at the same time we want to run away from it. We can’t seem to decide which way we want it....

Charles Spurgeon: The Counterfeit Christian

Recently I've been reading a good amount of Charles Spurgeon's writing. This week I came across an "illustration" in his book Flowers From A Puritan's Garden that I thought was too good not to share. In the book it's titled "The Bright Counterfeit." A counterfeit coin may look better and brighter than the true piece...

Journey Through the Hymns: Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy (Part Two)

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,Weak and wounded, sick and sore; Have you noticed a trend in these great hymns of the faith? Such as that most of them begin with a declaration of man's radical depravity? Look at the way the first verse of this hymn portrays humanity: poor, needy, wounded, weak, sick, sore,...

Is Abortion a Theological Issue?

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A while back, I posted the conversation that I had with Dr. Larry Dixon concerning partnering with Catholics in the fight to end abortion. After that post, I went back to Dr. Dixon’s blog, where the conversation took place, and found that someone else had posted a comment in response....

Weekly Hymn #9: O Worship the King

O Worship the King by Robert Grant O Worship the King All glorious above And gratefully sing His wonderful love Our Shield and Defender The Ancient of Days Pavilioned in splendor And girded with praise O tell of His might O sing of His grace Whose robe is the light Whose canopy space! His chariots...

The Death of Death in the Life of Christ

I was looking through some of my old projects recently and found this video that I made with Windows Video Editor and some photos I’d taken. https://youtu.be/xuPJimSw0zY How often do people pass by eternal things to pursue the pleasures and fleeting joys of this world, when in fact this world is temporary, and life fades...

JTTH: Amazing Grace (Part Three)

Photo by Artem Sapegin on Unsplash ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! This second verse of Amazing Grace might seem a little strange to some. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear? What is that supposed...