False doctrine is not made harmless by winking at it. God hates whatever gloss we put on such lies. No lie is of the truth, and no amount of ‘tolerance and acceptance’ can make it so. A doctrine is right, or it is wrong, there is no middle [...]
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Reliance upon the person and work of Jesus through faith alone guarantees me reconciliation with God; reliance upon myself and my tainted works guarantees me a nice hot corner of hell all to [...] “Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.” — Jude 3 A reader (Jon D.) commented at the end of Part 1, [...] “Scripture is like a river, broad and deep, shallow enough here for lambs to go wading, but deep enough there for an elephant to float.” –Gregory Dialogus Before I get into the first of three types of Pickers identified in the first part of this series, I want to make something perfectly clear to [...] Contrary to believing in imaginary feelings, Christianity believes in objective, historical, revealed, actual, rational truth from God. – John MacArthur If you’ve ever talked to someone about your faith, or religion in general, you’ve probably heard the words, “Well, that’s not what I believe.” And when you prod the person who says this, you ultimately come [...] We now continue the Q & A on Biblical Discernment. I hope you’ve studied; there is a test at the end. Seriously! Q. How and when should biblical discernment skills be used? A. Let’s take the last part of the question first. When should discernment skills be used? The most important times that they can be used is [...] I’ve mentioned before how the attribute of discernment is sorely lacking among many Christians, and that reading the Bible is the best way to develop discernment skills. As is my habit, I’ll start this Q&A with an A. A. Discernment is the most important skill that a Christian can have. Having it is partially a gift, [...] This is an interesting question, “What is the Gospel?” Explaining the Gospel can take anywhere from 140 characters (like on Twitter) up to millions upon millions of words and everything in between. Here is my attempt to keep it “Twitterfied” (Less than 140 characters) Perfect God loves man, hates sin. Fallen man [...] Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. – James 3:13 In the book of Proverbs, Wisdom is personified as a woman calling out to the young and the naïve people in the streets. She reaches out her hands [...] |
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