But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3: 14-16
So Great Salvation
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On the Apocryphal Books Featured
Why do some Bibles differ in terms of the number of books they include?
Just today I had this comment sent in to my website (obviously by a Catholic): “According to the Bible I read, it has 46 books in the Old Testament, not 39. This is a Protestant error and falsehood regarding the OT canon...
Comments On The Greek Term Kenosis As Found In Philippians 2:5-11
Thoughts on the Lord’s Supper
Article: What Should I Think About During the Lord’s Supper? by Erik Raymond – original source: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/erik-raymond/think-lords-supper/
I remember as a new Christian looking around during communion and wondering what everyone was doing. Everyone looked...
Government by algorithm
Matthew B. Crawford’s lengthy essay in the latest number of American Affairs, “Algorithmic Governance and Political Legitimacy,” imposes heavy demands on the reader — it may require several cups of coffee, and it will certainly require setting aside your phone — but...
Sunday Morning Praise
My Savior First of All
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Authors: E Benz...
August 18: School Family Catechist, WSC Q. 37
THE SCHOOL & FAMILY CATECHIST by Rev. William Smith
The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Question 37 Q. 37.What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death?
A. The souls of believers are, at their death, made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory, and their bodies, being...
Have You Ever Been Expressionless With Sorrow? Featured
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. — Luke 18:23
The rich young ruler went away expressionless with sorrow; he had not a word to say. He had no doubt as to what Jesus said, no debate as to what it meant, and it produced in him a sorrow that had not any...
Family ten Boom
(The ten Boom family in 1895. Top row: Cor (mother), Casper (father), family friend. Middle row: Aunt Jans, Aunt Bep, Aunt Anna. Bottom row: Willem, Corrie, Nollie, and Betsie. Betsie was the eldest child, Willem second, Nollie third, and Corrie the youngest.)
1. It seems to me the ten Boom family...
Two doors
Is Calvinism Manichean?
The Test of True Faith Featured
by Mike Ratliff
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we...
The Source of Biblical Boldness
Holiday Notes 1
“It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.” (Psalm 119: 126).
How often we find the Psalms expressing precisely what is in our own hearts. Surely there cannot be a believer in our country in the present age, who does not have this cry in their hearts. The truth...
So Now… I Created a YouTube Video Featured
Back in November of 2018, I posted a blog entitled, “What is Sin?”
(You can check it out by clicking here)
The blog contains only verses from scripture. The idea was to offer what the Bible says that sin is, without with my own thoughts getting in the way. I even used this same concept in...
The Latest In Exploitation: Down Syndrome Drag Show Will Perform at a Midwest Art Fair
This must be an all-time cultural low. We are now encouraging those with special needs to imitate the sexual provocations of deluded same-sex impersonators—and calling it “art.” That is exactly what the organizers of...
The post The Latest In Exploitation: Down Syndrome Drag Show...
Weekly Roundup of Links 8/19/2019-8/24/2019
This is our weekly roundup of links for 8/19/2019-8/24/2019 from around the web. We hope you find the following articles helpful to your growth in godliness.
Our writing team writes all over the internet for a variety of publications like Desiring God, TGC, and much here.
- Somehow, My Baby is Turning...
Is ESV Right for Me?
One of the friends of our ministry asked for some thoughts on the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible and, since many of you probably have questions about choosing a translation, I thought I would share them here as well as sending to him. I really enjoy the English Standard Version; it has...
Bus Driver Suspended for Refusing to Display Rainbow Colors
(LifeSiteNews) Over 16,000 people have signed a petition insisting that an English bus driver’s employer stand by him after he refused to drive a bus promoting LGBT “pride flag” colors. CitizenGo launched the petition on...
Banned on Amazon: Christian Gay Conversion Books Continue to Disappear
(Joe Dallas) On July 8 my publisher informed me that my book Desires in Conflict, along with a number of other books on overcoming homosexuality by different authors, has been pulled off the Amazon.com...
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Five Generations of the Descendents of Christian Retelsberger [Rotlisperger]
I have posted an updated version of "Five Generations of The Descendents of Christian Reteleberger (Rotlisperger)." Christian arrived in the New World in September of 1733, and placed his initials in the ship's log (Pink Mary). See above.
I hope to continue to find new cousins (I have...
Abraham: The Example of Faith-Fueled Obedience Featured
Democrats Block Born-Alive Protections; Support Aborting Babies After Birth
(LifeNews) We live in strange times when saving the life of a newborn baby is considered controversial. A commonsense, compassionate, and overwhelmingly popular bill that protects newborn babies has now gone six months without...
The post Democrats Block Born-Alive Protections; Support Aborting...
The ERLC Publishes an Article on Women Written by a Feminist Lesbian
The ERLC has published an article on Jesus and women written by a lesbian Critical Race Theory / Intersectionality advocate. What could possibly go wrong here? Rebecca McLaughlin recently wrote an article for the...
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50 Bible Verses About Faith That Everyone Should Know
New study: Angus Reid Institute analyzes Canada’s single payer healthcare system
The cost of healthcare for average Canadian households
I found two interesting studies from Canada’s Angus Reid Institute describing single payer health care in Canada. I’m very interested in find out what things are like in countries that have true government-run health care. A typical...
John Owen: The New Covenant Is The Abrahamic Covenant Renewed
Authors: R. Scott Clark...
Why Eschatology Matters Featured
Ten Theses on Postmodernism
This post originally ran May 10, 2010.
1. Truth is objective, ultimate, absolute, personal, alive, and triune.
2. Because of this ultimate reality, it is possible for creatures who were fashioned by this living God to know Him as the personal and ultimate truth, as well as to know lesser truths in...
Explaining Our Knowledge of God (Letham)
Here’s a helpful section of Robert Letham’s new Systematic Theology. It has to do with the nature of our knowledge of and language about God.
Our knowledge of God is not univocal, identical to his in manner or content. If it were, it would yield a precise identity...
She will be Saved through Childbearing – 1 Tim 2:15
One of the most perplexing verses in the New Testament is 1 Timothy 2:15, “Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control” (ESV). Although this is a difficult text to understand, the application of this text is...
Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links 8/11 – 8/17
Logos Free Logos software and $80 introductory package Kindle deals Alive: A Cold-Case Approach to the Resurrection by J. Warner Wallace $.99 That’s a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith Is Questioned by Glenn Pearson $.99 Teaching Others to Defend Christianity: What Every Christian...
How to Pray in Spiritual Warfare
This article is part of the How to Pray series.
Armor Isn’t Enough
According to Paul in Ephesians 6, all of life is spiritual warfare. In that conflict, he reminds the Ephesians that—important though it is—the Christian armor is not...
True and Lasting Things
He (God) has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receivinga...
Psalm 119:89-92 — Established Featured
Firmly Fixed Psalms 119:89 ESV Lamedh Forever, O Yahweh, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. It is hard to believe we are starting the second half of Psalm 119. It has taken over 6 months and anyone involved in this devotion or memorizing this psalm has undergone several changes...
The Bible Memory Man Returns
Tom Meyer, “The Bible Memory Man” as he was first dubbed by us at AiG a few years ago, of Wordsower Ministry and professor at Shasta Bible College in California, travels every year from the West Coast to visit us in Northern Kentucky (accompanied by his wife Sarah and their four...
Worldview and Apologetics in the News
News Weakly - 8/17/19
Quick Devotional from Matthew 5:4 (Observation from the Greek)
This is from my daily Greek exercise of sight reading a few weeks ago, courtesy of Vincent S Artale Jr.
Our text is from the Greek translation of Matthew 5:3 Here is my translation:
“μακάριοι οἱ...
Weekend A La Carte (August 17)
Today’s Kindle deals include some newer books and some older ones—not bad for a Saturday!
(Yesterday on the blog: The Power Over Christian Publishing We’ve Given To Amazon)
Evidence of Biblical Story Found in Layers of Jerusalem Ash
“The Bible describes King Nebuchadnezzar of...
Did the Early Church Baptize Children? Featured
In this brief clip from his teaching series A Survey of Church History, W. Robert Godfrey explains how much we can know about the practice of baptism in the first 300 years of church history. Watch this entire message for free.
Transcript
And as is too often the case with ancient church history is we...
An Approved Workman
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Wilson and the Heidelberg Cat-astrophe!
Not content with preaching, blogging, completing a PhD, and writing countless popular level books, our very own Andrew J. Wilson has continued his programme of world domination by branching out into the realm of children’s books, with his latest offering, Sophie and the Heidelberg Cat.
Whilst...
Suffering and Glory – Part One Featured
Everyone wants glory, but few want suffering. But the two are bound together:
Hands up – who wants glory? Hands up – who wants suffering? It is not hard to know which option will be the most popular. We all want the former while not too thrilled about the latter. But for the Christian,...
Suffering and Glory – Part Two Featured
“No cross, no crown” is how we referred to this matter in Part One. Throughout the Bible our present sufferings are tied in with our glory to come. I have already looked at some key passages on this, but many more can be appealed to. One such important passage is found in the second...
An Answer For Catholic Answers On Sola Scriptura And 1 Corinthians 4:6
- Defining The Issues:
August 17: Simple Meditation
“That truth may work, there are required three things, sound belief, serious consideration, and close application.”
A change of pace today, and but a brief word of encouragement to dwell upon the Word of God, both as you read the page and as you hear the sermon.
Prepare Your Hearts...
Are You Discouraged In Devotion? Featured
Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast…and come, follow Me. — Luke 18:22
“And when he heard this…” Have you ever heard the Master say a hard word? If you have not, I question whether you have heard Him say anything. Jesus Christ says a great deal...
Know God: Wallpaper
"Have you ever been gathered up in the embrace of God the Father? Do you know God? Do you know how much He loves you?" - Alistair Begg
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"I walk through this sinful world as a pilgrim in a foreign country" - CH SpurgeonMy treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore
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