Do We Honor God Sufficiently?

“The Lord says, Those who honor Me I will honor.” (1 Sam. 2:30) It is dangerous to study the Bible in any other light than its own. Guided by this precept, let us consider the words of God which suggest our present meditation–”Those who honor Me I will honor.” God is justly jealous of His [...]

Abandoning The Defense Of Marriage Act?

Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner believes that if Congress fails to ensure that DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) receives a strong defense, it will fail to defend its lawmaking authority. Senators and Congressmen need to stand up for their prerogatives as legislators. Otherwise, they risk undermining our whole system of government. According to Ed Feulner: [...]

Sola Gratia

Quoting Dr. K. Riddlebarger: Simply stated, if the Scriptures are clear that men and women are sinful by nature and cannot do anything to save themselves or even prepare themselves to be saved, the Scriptures are equally clear that it is God who saves by grace alone through faith alone on account of Christ alone. [...]

George Washington On The Public Debt

Quoting George Washington: “No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.”

More On The Cultural Preacher

Many preachers today do not emphasize repentance in any real sense. They make a wide gate leading to salvation and a broad highway leading to heaven. Don’t worry about sinfulness; you do not need to understand your sinful nature. Just make a decision for Christ and you are now safe. It is entirely unlike the [...]

We Must Know God

It is one thing to say that God reveals nothing to His people apart from the Bible, but is it true that He makes known to His people only what is there directly revealed? We must not expect to know the mind of God but by means of the written word. The Scriptures must be [...]

Franklin Graham Warns Christians About The Muslim Brotherhood

Franklin Graham is the son of beloved evangelist Dr. Billy Graham, and founder of The Samaritan’s Purse international charity. He believes that Christians around the world are in serious danger; even here in America. Chris Gonsalves and Kathleen Walte write this article about Graham’s concerns. Please take time to also watch the video provided: The [...]

Richard Baxter On Diligence With God

Quoting Richard Baxter: The ministerial work must be carried on diligently and laboriously, as being of such unspeakable consequence to ourselves and others. We are seeking to uphold the world, to save it from the curse of God, to perfect the creation, to attain the ends of Christ’s death, to save ourselves and others from [...]

C. S. Lewis On Tyranny

Quoting British author C.S. Lewis (1898-1963): “Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those [...]

The Promises Of God

The Lord shall give to him, who comes to Him by faith, an abundant supply of everything that he needs for the relief of his own soul. The Holy Spirit will give to him an abiding sense of pardon, peace, and hope. He shall feel so satisfied with “the things of Christ,” which the Spirit [...]

J. C. Ryle On Why Our Churchmen Fall Short

J. C. Ryle notes that the church no longer has the men and the message of previous centuries. No wonder if we do not see the same results. What sort of man do you expect to see in the pulpit this morning? Will the message you hear be true to God’s Word? Give us the [...]

Spurgeon On When The Preacher’s Sermon Falls Flat

It is inspiring to hear a really good local preacher tell his experience of how he came to Christ and tell it from his heart. The natural leading of the Holy Spirit casts down the fine art of public speaking to nothing. God give us sermons, and save us from clever essays! Do you not [...]

Frank J. Fleming Does Not Believe Every Child In America Needs To Be Educated

Frank J. Fleming asks if the most efficient path to educating great minds is to teach absolutely everyone and hope a small percentage actually retain some of what they’re taught. I, myself, wonder if students would not be served better beyond basic academics if given two possible tracks after elementary school. One for those who [...]

Martyn Lloyd-Jones On Illustrations And Story-Telling In The Pulpit

Quoting Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Stories and illustrations are only meant to illustrate truth, not to call attention to themselves. This whole business of illustrations and story-telling has been a particular curse during the last hundred years. I believe it is one of the factors that accounts for the decline in preaching because it helped to give [...]

Ronald Reagan On Putting Our Fiscal House In Order

Quoting President Ronald Reagan: Let me reaffirm a promise made during the months of campaigning. I believe in your right to know all the facts concerning the people’s business. Independent firms are making an audit of state finances. When it is completed, you will have that audit. You will have all the information you need [...]

To Be Born Again Is The Work Of God

In John 3, Jesus is telling us about our condition – telling us that something must happen to us if we are to see and then enter the kingdom of God. In the same gospel, our Lord tells us that “we must cross over from death to life” (John 5:24), and that none can even [...]

Drinking From The Fountain Of Life

We Americans should be thankful that we live in a land where the great remedy for spiritual thirst is known. We live in a land of Bibles, the preached Gospel, and where the efficacy of Christ’s sacrifice is still proclaimed. We take too little notice of our privileges. Like Israel, we have become unimpressed with [...]

Ever Read The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Or The Federalist Papers?

Washington Examiner editorial page editor Mark Tapscott makes an excellent case for why our country is being destroyed by its educational system: “If you can’t read the Constitution, or the Declaration, or The Federalist Papers, you won’t understand their essential concepts or why they represent so much wisdom. When even our elite colleges and universities [...]

John Stott On Feeding The Sheep

Quoting John Stott: We who are called to be Christian preachers today should do all we can to help the congregation to grow out of dependence on borrowed slogans and ill-considered clichés, and instead to develop their powers of intellectual and moral criticism, that is, their ability to distinguish between truth and error, good and [...]

The Obligation Of The President To Protect The Constitution

Quoting Joseph Story: “No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.”

The Christian And The Mind

There are Christians who make little of man’s intellectual powers, but Biblical Christianity actually does not view the intellect as negative. It actually teaches the value of the intellect. Who can deny the great value in having a brain; even more – the ability to use it rightly? According to Martyn Lloyd-Jones, “The Bible tells [...]

They Abide In His House Forever

For the Christian, the life of God in their souls is exercised in seeking God’s face and strength. They, through grace, shall endeavor to do His will. Dr. John Kennedy writes: “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him.” (Psalm 25:14) They who fear the Lord seek to do His will. He [...]

New Findings From The National Survey Of Family Growth

New findings by the National Survey of Family Growth have validated the “abstinence only” curriculums championed by the Bush administration. The Left had long ridiculed and vilified these programs, saying they don’t work and calling President Bush “too religious.” Now they have contrary evidence to ignore. According to the survey — which focused on the [...]

John Stott: We Dare Not Preach Unless God Has Spoken

Quoting John Stott: The modern theological tendency is to lay much emphasis on the historical activity of God and to deny that he has spoken; to say that God’s self-revelation has been in deeds not words, personal not propositional; and in fact to insist that the redemption is itself the revelation. But this is a [...]

John Stuart Mill On Government Power

Quoting British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over a member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.”