I posted this on another forum as well. So, if you are getting this twice, i apologize. Anyway, people get wrapped up in worldviews that are inheirently antibiblical. So, in the realm of trying to "prove" God, we have been drawn into the debat...
I have been thinking about Grace and Discipline today. We tend to look at grace and discipline as two sides of a coin. And becuase God is graceful, therefore, we should be graceful. So, that means we withhold discipline at all times, right? Wrong...
“The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing. . . Cheap grace means grace as a doctrine, a principle, a system. It means forgiveness of sins pr...
"The answer to our political, economic, militaristic, and cultural problems is not whether the Republicans or the Democrats gain control over the government. Our problems will only be remedied when God’s people stop making excuses for their acqui...
Proverbs tell us much about the fool and his folly. The fool is one is says in his heart that there is not God (Psalms 14:1-3). Their folly flows from this heart. A godless heart; a heart that set against God and that cannot please God. So, wh...
"Fasting helps to discipline the self-indulgent and slothful will which is so reluctant to serve the Lord, and it helps to humiliate and chasten the flesh. By practicing abstemiousness we show the world how different the Christian life is from it...
This is a portion of a BLOG that I posted about a year ago.
Let’s define the term Christian. Simply put, a Christian is a follower of Christ. Now, within this statement is a vast gulf between what we think is correct and what reality actually i...