A Bed Too Short and a Blanket Too Small
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. —Isaiah 28:20 The Lord, … Continue Reading A Bed Too Short and a Blanket Too Small
The Law and Sin
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law … Continue Reading The Law and Sin
Dead to the Law Also
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman … Continue Reading Dead to the Law Also
Whom Do You Serve?
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his … Continue Reading Whom Do You Serve?
Under Grace
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but … Continue Reading Under Grace
Crucified and Risen With Christ
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is … Continue Reading Crucified and Risen With Christ
Dealing With Dummies
OK, maybe not a “kind” title, but I got your attention! Sometimes dishonesty and neglect in dealing with real problems has a way to come back and bite you. Here … Continue Reading Dealing With Dummies
Life Begins…
Last month was the annual March for Life. One of the central questions around the pro-life or pro-death um, er, pro-choice issue is the question of when life begins. Everyone … Continue Reading Life Begins…
Neo-Evangelicalism
Yes, I know that this has been “neo” since about the Fifties, and that people have been talking about it for that long. Just like the social so-called “gospel” has … Continue Reading Neo-Evangelicalism
Who Are You?
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye … Continue Reading Who Are You?
Whose Employee?
Imagine yourself employed in a factory. This factory is dark, the working conditions are terrible, the work is strenuous, and the pay…we will get to that later. The working hours … Continue Reading Whose Employee?
Abundant Sin, Overabundant Grace
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign … Continue Reading Abundant Sin, Overabundant Grace
J.C. O’Hair On Some Political Matters
This is an audio clip from Pastor J.C. O’Hair in a sermon from the 1940’s or 1950’s on Romans 13 and 14. Pastor O’Hair was pastor of North Shore Church … Continue Reading J.C. O’Hair On Some Political Matters
Condemned in Adam, or Justified in Christ
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification … Continue Reading Condemned in Adam, or Justified in Christ
Of Whom I Am Chief
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. — 1 Timothy 1:15 Many … Continue Reading Of Whom I Am Chief
Of Christians and Politics
This is re-written for the occasion before us tomorrow in the United States. This day has been a long time coming, and now that we are here, now what? I … Continue Reading Of Christians and Politics
