Try It! You’ll Like It!
By Bob Bryant “Try it! You’ll like it!” Some of you may remember that slogan from an Alka-Seltzer TV commercial you saw many years ago. I would like to say the same thing to you about the Lord’s Supper: “Try it! You’ll like it!” In previous articles, I showed you the biblical evidence for a […]
The Lord’s Supper: A Biblical Foundation for Evangelism
By Bob Bryant Years ago, if I had read the title, “The Lord’s Supper: A Biblical Foundation for Evangelism,” I would have been perplexed. In my mind, the traditional practice of the Lord’s Supper has little, if any, connection to evangelism. The Bible tells us, however, that our church practices, including our practice of the […]
All Have Sinned and Fall Short of the Glory of God – Romans 3:23
The Romans Road is a popular evangelistic method which walks through a number of verses in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans. While I personally don’t like the way in which most people explain Romans 10:9-10 in that presentation, I do like the way Romans 3:23 is usually presented. However, recently it dawned on me that […]
Believers: Well Done or Cut in Two?
“The master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do […]
Rediscovering the Lord’s Supper: The Journey Continues
By Bob Bryant In the July/August issue of Grace in Focus, I related our church’s discovery of some timeless biblical truths about the Lord’s Supper that have helped us greatly in our remembrance of Christ. These truths are: The Lord’s Supper is a supper. It is to be celebrated weekly. It has a purpose distinct […]
Rediscovering the Lord’s Supper: One Church’s Journey
by Bob Bryant In a previous Grace in Focus article1 I touched on a wonderful discovery we have made at Cypress Valley Bible Church. We have discovered a biblical way of celebrating the Lord’s Supper that for us is more refreshing, more meaningful, and more worshipful than anything we could have imagined. What Is a […]
Shepherds: Guard Your Flocks
Our recent annual conference dealt with grace issues and the local church. In this article I address an issue which was touched on by various conference messages (though no message directly approached this subject). In Acts 20 Paul met with the elders from the church at Ephesus. He urged them to “take heed to yourselves […]
One Man’s Agony
By Diane Boring Recently I was listening to a popular radio talk show personality answering questions on biblical issues. A gentleman called in to the program in agony because he had lost his assurance of salvation. He had read a book by a well-known Lordship author and he was terrified that maybe he wasn’t really […]
Can Men-Pleasers Come to Faith in Christ? – John 5:44
On several occasions I have been questioned about a verse which seems to say that those seeking the praise of men cannot come to faith in Christ-John 5:44. In context, Jesus was speaking to unbelieving, legalistic, Jews. They were actually seeking to kill Him because He healed on the Sabbath and made Himself equal with […]
A Great Omission from the Great Commission
by Bob Bryant I am fascinated by the opening scene in The Fiddler on the Roof as Tevya sings proudly of his Jewish traditions and then says to his audience, “You may ask, ‘How did this tradition get started?’ I’ll tell you…(thoughtful pause)…I don’t know…but it’s a tradition…and because of our tradition, every one of […]