Give thanks for the little things
by Bob Wilkin Yesterday I heard a good sermon by Luis Rodriguez. Speaking from Psalm 100 he said that we should be thankful people. All. The. Time. We should thank the Lord for everything, for our food, our housing, our jobs, our health, our families, and so forth. Luis is right, of course. As children […]
Thanksgiving…with Tears
originally published in the November/December 2016 edition of Grace in Focus “For we do not grieve as those without hope” (1 Thess 4:13). Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, not just for turkey dinners and a day off work, but because it is an annual reminder — often overlooked but ever-present— that we have much to […]
George Müller on Rewards
Rewards “Christians do not practically remember that while we are saved by grace, altogether by grace, so that in the matter of salvation works are altogether excluded; yet that as far as the rewards of grace are concerned, in the world to come, there is a intimate connection between the life of the Christian here […]
Gospel Simplicity
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children. (Matt 11:25 ESV) The Complexity of the Pharisees Matthew 11 is a sad time in the Gospel of Matthew. John the Baptist has been […]
Did God Really Say That?
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Genesis 3:1) Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? (Acts 26:8) Inerrancy in Question GES recently held a conference in NC on Biblical Inerrancy. Inerrancy deals […]
The Overcomer
by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith, Sermons on Hebrews And he who overcomes, and keeps My works to the end, to him I will give power over the nations-‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have receive from […]
Living in a World Reigned by Sin and Death
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:21) There is a strong tendency in the Christian church to look at the Bible as a book that simply tells us how “to go to heaven.” However, thanks to many wonderful […]
Christian Living and Works
by Zane Hodges, excerpted from Grace in Eclipse It is quite true that Paul taught justification apart from works. But he did not teach Christian living apart from works. Nor did he affirm that those works flowed inevitably from justifying faith. Instead, Paul instructed Titus: This is a faithful saying, and these things I want […]
Consider One Another, Don’t Make Excuses
by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Henbrews Let us consider “one another.” “Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Heb 10:24-25a). Not giving up church. “But Exhorting one another, and so much the more as you […]
The Captain of Our Salvation
by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Hebrews My Christian friend, we are saved freely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. But the road to glory and dominion over the creation is a tough road. We often encounter on that road, trouble, hardship, frustration, and suffering. But, […]