The Love of an Unsaved or Unconverted Person: What Is It?
Going door-to-door this last week — I’ve started that in earnest again with the change in weather — I went to a door that was wide open at an upstairs apartment. I could see the two twenty-something men, who were inside, and as I started to talk to them, one of them said, “No thank […]
No Divorce–Just Legal Separation!
Scripture plainly teaches that God hates divorce, e. g. Mark 10:11-12: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. But what about “legal separation”? Can a believer justify […]
Psalm 106: Becoming Your Worship
Reading Psalm 106 this week, a psalm accounting the history of Israel, I came to verses 19-20: 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Man was made in the image of God. Since he is […]
Evangelical Psalms of David
Part One In an earlier post, I pointed to psalms that served the cause of evangelism from the Old Testament. Even as I wrote that piece, I knew there were more. Two circumstances coincide in my life: one, my reading through the Bible twice this year, so that I’m in the psalms now, and two, […]
Jesus is the mighty god, but not the Almighty God, says the Watchtower Society or Jehovah’s Witnesses
According to the Watchtower Society or “Jehovah’s Witnesses,” “Jesus is the mighty god, but not the Almighty God!” This is their explanation for Isaiah 9:6: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The […]
How Is Alcohol Related to Worship?
Maybe the question of the title got your attention. It sounds like that’s what I was trying to do, but I wasn’t. Instead I jumped into the car and turned it to the 24/7 radio station of the biggest Calvary Chapel in our area of Oregon. The son, who is now the senior pastor, was […]
What Is Illegal in Door-to-Door Evangelism in the United States?
Contrary to a typical criticism of door-to-door evangelism, I don’t believe that it’s the only way to evangelize. There are many scriptural ways to preach the gospel besides door-to-door, and I would teach all of them. However, I don’t believe a church can be obedient to the Bible without going door-to-door, because that’s the only […]
New Christian Mutual Fund
I am very thankful for the Eventide family of mutual funds, for the reasons explained in my “God-honoring and Bible-based Christian mutual funds” post. If you do not have strong confidence that whatever you are invested in is not funding abortion, tobacco, alcohol, sexual perversion, and other evils, use the link on this page to […]
The Command to Worship the LORD in the Beauty of Holiness
Without doubt, scripture teaches that worship of God must be regulated by what God says. The point of this post comes from Psalm 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. I’ve seen this verse many times. Many. Yet, something occurred to me when […]
Psalms 14 and 19 in Preaching the Gospel
How could someone read Psalm 14 and think that salvation is by works? Read verses 1-4: 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if […]