If you love the gospel of Jesus Christ, you should love His church, because as Mark Dever says in the title of a book: the church is the gospel made visible. I love the church of Christ and am so thankful for life-changing tools like online church directories that help people connect to good churches. […]
Today’s Links (11.19.19)
Hey friends, hope you’ve had a great fall season. It’s been a great time for my family and I, but watching many things going on in the world make me long for Jesus to return. Anyway, here’s the latest batch of links: Here’s a great title that’s free on Kindle: Guidance and the Voice of […]
The Anti-Gospel Message of Joel Osteen
“…[T]here will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their […]
What does propitiation mean? A helpful illustration
In a sermon titled “Justification“, Colin S. Smith shared the following helpful illustration on the meaning of propitiation from Romans 3:25. A propitiation is a gift or payment offered to placate the anger of an offended person. The best way to explain is through an illustration, so let me introduce you to two characters, Neil […]
God Can Use Whatever Means He Wants to Bring People to Himself
Kanye West’s apparent conversion to Christianity and bold gospel proclamation (reports of 1,000 committing lives to Christ at one of West’s Sunday Services) has me thinking: Our Sovereign God can use whatever means He wants to bring people to Himself. I was reminded of this recently as I read a couple of testimonies of how […]
