Effectual Preaching
Part 3: Outcome-Based Conversion: By Man’s Machinations or God’s Ministration? By Pastor Anton Bosch There is little doubt that most preachers want their preaching to make an impact on the hearers. But there are two questions that stem from this: How do we make preaching effectual and how do we…
The Dupe of False Hope
Part 2: Outcome-Based Conversion: By Man’s Machinations or God’s Ministration? By Pastor Anton Bosch Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Jesus, Matthew 7:21, KJV Many people live…
The Altar Call
Twelve Questions By Pastor Larry DeBruyn Part 1 in a new series by the Discernment Research Group: Outcome-Based Conversion: By Man’s Machinations or God’s Ministration? “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed…
Heaven
The Most Important Thing By Pastor Anton Bosch Most people, whether Christians or not, have some ideas about a future life that could be called heaven. Many of those ideas are misguided or plain wrong and, sadly, even reasonably well taught Christians may have wrong ideas of what heaven is…
Old or Just Sensitive?
The New (Age) Music in the Churches Today An Editorial by Pastor John Shipman, New Zealand I’m a forty year old but one would think I’m eighty years old! That is if you listen to worship in today’s churches. Gone are the days of lovely, Word inspired hymns. No, it…
When Christ Died For Us
Devotional Thoughts Excerpted from Matthew Henry’s Commentary on Romans 5:6-11 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth His…
The Union and Communion with Christ
A devotional message By J.C. Philpot In our Meditations on the sacred humanity of the adorable Redeemer we must never, even in thought, separate His human nature from His divine. Even when His sacred body lay in the grave, and was thus for a small space of time severed from…
Overcomer or Succumber?
Today’s Evangullible Church By Warren B. Smith overcome–to get the better of in a struggle; to conquer succumb–to give way (to), to yield, to submit (to succumb to persuasion) In today’s evangullible church, countless believers are yielding to the temptations of our Adversary and falling away (Luke 8:13). Giving in…
RHEMA SCRIPTURA
Neologisms for Evangelicals RHEMA SCRIPTURA [rhā’-mä] [skriptər’ uh] [Strong’s G4487 – rhēma from ῥέω (G4483) 1) that which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word; 2) subject matter of speech, thing spoken of. See HERE for biblical instances of this term.] [Scriptura: 1250–1300; Middle English…