Love Yourself

I saw this bill board and just didn't know what to say. I've seen many more along the interstate and in other towns. But this one's right by the place I work. So I see it every day and still don't understand. Love yourself first? What kind of advice is that? First of all, it's...

Join the Fight to Abolish Abortion in South Carolina

"For years, the state of South Carolina has regulated abortion, rather than end it, and it has even funded abortions with your tax dollars. Meanwhile, the abortion industry is thriving and growing in South Carolina. There are now 10 places a woman can go in South Carolina to have her unborn baby killed — up from 3...

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...

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...

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

Come, ye weary, heavy-laden,Lost and ruined by the fall;If you tarry till you’re better,You will never come at all Scripture is very clear on our state before salvation. And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power...

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...

Charles Spurgeon: Prayers of Flint and Steel

Charles Spurgeon, the Prince of Preachers, was undoubtedly one of the greatest expositors to ever live. In his sermons, he often used illustrations to help make the point of the text come across more clearly. Several of his illustrations have been compiled into a very enjoyable little book titled Flowers from a Puritan's Garden. The...

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....

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

Hey, I’m back! So, let’s try to pick up where we left off, shall we? and begin hymn #5. This hymn is called “Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy,” and was written by Joseph Hart, a Calvinistic minister during the eighteenth century. Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy Joseph Hart Come, ye sinners, poor and...

Great Quotes: Prayer (Part One)

Prayer is the longing of the soul to hold communion with the Most High, the desire of the heart to obtain blessings at His hands. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon I had rather stand against the cannons of the wicked than against the prayers of the righteous.  ~ Thomas Lye Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance,...

How Many Ways to God Are There?

Photo by Frank Cone on Pexels.com Within a fifteen mile radius of my house, there’s a Buddhist temple, a Hindu temple, at least one Catholic cathedral, three or four Masonic lodges, a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, and about fifty churches of various denominations. (Yes, I'm serious. I counted.) On a recent road trip, my...

Jesus’ True Calling to Sarah Young

Photo by Joseph Redfield from Pexels Trivia question: What book was rated the 2012 #2 nonfiction bestseller, is read by thousands if not millions of people daily, and is the most accepted heretical literature so far this century, quite possibly this millennium? Since I pretty much gave it to you in the title of this post, you probably...

The Loving Nature of God in Sending People to Hell

Photo by icon0.com on Pexels.com Okay, let me make a deal with you, right off the bat: You don’t leave this article immediately after reading the title, and I’ll humbly explain myself in detail. How’s that sound? If you’ve made it to this paragraph, I’ll assume you said, “Alright. I’ll see what this weirdo has...