Do You Believe In Jesus Christ?

What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ? What is believing? What is the nature of faith? Many make the answers to these questions much harder than they really are because of pride. Believing in Christ is not acknowledging who He is. Head knowledge is important but it is not saving faith. A person [...]

George Whitefield: “Has Not God Revealed Himself?”

“How foolishly then do the disputing infidels of this generation act, who are continually either calling for signs from heaven, or seeking for outward evidence to prove the truth of divine revelation? Whereas, what they so earnestly seek for is nigh unto, nay, within them. For let them but consult their own hearts, they cannot [...]

Jonathan Edwards: “That He Might Win Christ”

“We should follow him [Paul] in his earnestness in seeking his own salvation. He was not careless and indifferent in this matter; but the kingdom of heaven suffered violence from him. He did not halt between two opinions, or seek with a wavering, unsteady mind, but with the most full determination and strong resolution. He [...]

General “Stonewall” Jackson: God Has Fixed The Time

“Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.” He added, after a pause, looking me full in the face: “That is [...]

Do You Have A Problem? Blame It On Global Warming!

FOXNews.com recently listed a number of problems the media has reported are occurring or will occur as the result of man-made global warming. It seems that global warming is being made the scapegoat of many concerns that sound ridiculous. Media mogul Ted Turner said that global warming would turn us into cannibals. Scotland’s Daily Mirror [...]

My Times are in Your Hands By Alistair Begg

“In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.” In the opening verses of Psalm 31, it is apparent that the Psalmist is [...]

Do You Know American History?

When it comes to American history, government, and economics, Americans are largely ignorant. When over 2,000 people were administered a 33-question test last spring on our American history and our political and economic institutions, 71 percent (college and non-college) failed. Some of the results according to Pete Winn are: Less than half of Americans can [...]

A Prayer By Robert E. Lee

“Help me to be, to think, to act what is right because it is right; make me truthful, honest, and honorable in all things; make me intellectually honest for the sake of right and honor and without thought of reward to me.” (From the Truman Library)

Daniel Webster On The Christian Citizen

“[T]he Christian religion – its general principles – must ever be regarded among us as the foundation of civil society. “Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.” (US Senator, Secretary of State)

Anti-Israeli UN Is A Stumbling Block To Democracy And Peace

The current majority of anti-democratic nations and anti-Israeli sentiment makes the UN resolutions opposing Israel’s attack on Hamas both inevitable and self-serving. The UN’s inaction on Iranian nuclear cheating and its inability to stop Muslims from committing genocide in Darfur is clear evidence of hypocrisy. The UN would have us believe that Israel is guilty [...]

A Meditation For The New Year By Charles H. Spurgeon

“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” (Revelation 21:5) I should not wonder . . . if the mere words of my text should sound like a pleasant song in your ears; but I am thankful that their deeper meaning is even more joyful. The newness which Jesus [...]

Turning The Economic Crisis Into A Political Crisis

Is there any difference between the following two quotes? “A new revolution is possible only in consequence of a new crisis,” and, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before. This is an [...]

Are 401(k)s In Danger From The New Administration?

Plans for a second multi-billion-dollar economic stimulus package will have to wait until the new president takes office in January. Congressional Democrats admit that current White House opposition leaves the proposed package dead in the water. Of course, since the last economic stimulus package had no real impact on the economy, there is no reason [...]

Devotion To The Lord’s Cause By Charles H. Spurgeon

If we, as a church, do not continue to be as prayerful and as earnest as we have been, the Lord may justly make us like Shiloh, which he deserted, until it became a desolation where not one stone was left upon another. Nay, I venture to say, if we do not progress in earnestness; [...]

Do You Think To Repent In The Last Hour?

Quoting T. DeWitt Talmage “Have you ever seen a man after living a life of sin and idleness worrying to repent in the last hour? I have seen that spectacle. If you had ever seen it you would not try to repeat it. Why, it is most inopportune. There is the physician standing with the [...]

A Song Written For A Calvinist Wife

Constitutional Limits

Quoting Walter E. Williams: “If we don’t know the constitutional limits placed on Congress and the White House, politicians can do just about anything they wish to control our lives, from deciding what kind of light bulbs we can use to whether the government can take over our health care system or bailout failing businesses. [...]

General Robert E. Lee’s Call To Prayer

“Soldiers! We have sinned against Almighty God. We have forgotten his signal mercies, and have cultivated a revengeful, haughty, and boastful spirit. We have not remembered that the defenders of a just cause should be pure in His eyes; that “our times are in His Hands,” and we have relied too much on our own [...]

The Great Global Warming Deception

When science and politics mix, you have a right to be skeptical. The result is always a pseudo-science which reflects a philosophical view or social trend rather than legitimate science. Quoting Walter E. Williams: Americans have been rope-a-doped into believing that global warming is going to destroy our planet. Scientists who have been skeptical about [...]

A New Year’s Devotion

“After this Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. And so he died, old and full of years.” (Job 42:16-17) The book of Job ends on a note of contentment and peace. Job was probably about seventy when the book opens, so he is [...]

Their Bigotry Is Showing

From: The Desk of Gary Bauer The “tolerant” Left is continuing its attack on Pastor Rick Warren for having been invited to pray at Barack Obama’s inauguration. This is ironic in many respects. For one, many conservative evangelicals have been skeptical of Warren in recent years and do not see him as a “culture warrior.” [...]

A New Year’s Blessing From Charles H. Spurgeon

“But the God of all grace who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.” (1 Peter 5:10) The minister of Christ is intended to execute two offices for the people of his charge. He is to speak for [...]

A Christmas Message From Ronald Reagan

Do Not Neglect The Word Of God By Charles Spurgeon

Never, never neglect the Word of God. The Word will make your heart rich with truth, rich with understanding, and then your conversation, when it flows from your mouth, will be like your heart: rich, soothing, and sweet. Make your heart full of rich, generous love, and then the stream that flows from your hand [...]

Are The Things Of This World Off Limits To Christians?

The claim is often made that the world and the things in the world are off limits to Christians; that the best way to live the Christian life is not to get involved in “the world.” Holiness is defined as an escape from this world, if not physically through some cataclysmic eschatological event like a [...]