I have in front of me an article by Randy Alcorn dating March 22, 2010.  The article can be found at https://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Mar/22/spurgeons-theology-embracing-biblical-paradox/ Now any Bible believer should understand that Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a great preacher.  His stance in favor of Calvinism, to us, is certainly a weak point. We acknowledge he was a Calvinist,… Read More »

In the last chapter of I Kings, we read of a remarkable account between two kings and one prophet.  I Kings 22 tells the story of Jehoshaphat and Ahab coming together and figuring out if they should go to war with the Syrians because the victory seems almost inevitable.  Indeed, all the prophets of Israel… Read More »

If someone is lacking much of a chance at victory or getting through something, it is often said that “He doesn’t have a prayer!”  It’s funny to think about the way we talk in America about things, especially spiritual things.  People are so idiotic sometimes that they say that “it’s colder than hell out there.” … Read More »

Every time I go into the jail to preach to prisoners, they often tell me about their experiences, and it never ceases to fail that they will refer to the hard times that they have gone through as “hell.”  I always point them to the fact that it was really bad, and I wouldn’t want… Read More »

I was reading Genesis 46 tonight and the story of Jacob finally meeting his “favorite” son Joseph after not seeing him for so many years is quite touching.  Considering, first of all, Jacob’s first words after seeing Joseph: “Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.”  I get… Read More »

John 1:29 says, “The next day, John seeth Jesus coming unto him…”  The previous day, John the Baptist was contending with the Pharisees answering questions about who he was.  John the Baptist was out in the wilderness crying out to the people of Israel that they needed to repent and get ready for the coming… Read More »

The saying itself brings a smile to my face: “That’s the brass tacks.”  I honestly had to look this up to see what the expression truly meant or referred to.  Apparently, it means that you are getting to the core of the issue, and when it comes to the issue of religion vs. Christianity, we… Read More »

We are all familiar with the expression “Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”  I would agree with the statement as it is written:  “NEXT TO.”  It isn’t Godliness, in and of itself, but it is conducive to Godliness, it is next to it.  But how about clothing?  In Luke 8 verses 26-40, we read of the… Read More »

Psalms 139:8- “If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, thou art there.”  This verse came to my remembrance as I was walking across the street today through the scattered rain and snow.  You know, sometimes days are filled with sorrow and care, and for me, that… Read More »

In my readings of Hosea this morning, I came across chapter 10 verse 12.  The wording is beautiful, and, as often happens, God spoke new thoughts into my mind as I read it.  “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till… Read More »