1Pe 5:1-3 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: (2) shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion,…
Read More3Jn 1:9-10 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. (10) So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the…
Read More1Co 13:4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant As many of you know, our church here has invited those who have been abused not only at the hands of a RASN, but also had that abuse added to by their church,…
Read MoreIf you go on over to my Light for Dark Times blog, you will find an important post entitled "An Acid Test to Reveal the Counterfeit." It contains some real wisdom from John Bunyan and John Calvin on this subject.
Read MoreI came across this anonymous poem recently which describes a sinner who had tried for long years to work his way up to God through his own works and merit. Until.... O long and dark the stairs I trod With trembling feet to find my God, Gaining a foothold bit…
Read MoreGalatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. In his rebuke of the Galatian churches, the Apostle Paul writes that he…
Read MoreJob 20:12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, Something that can make the book of Job a bit difficult to interpret is that his "friends" often speak the truth - but they apply it wrongly. That is the case here with Zophar.…
Read More1Jn 2:19-20 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. (20) But you have been anointed by the…
Read MoreTrue Christianity! Let us mind that word "true." There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the…
Read MoreMat 15:12-14 Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" (13) But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. (14) "Let them alone; they are blind guides of…
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