“Happiness” Christianity
“Happiness” Christianity
It has been my experience that when persons come with a “happiness” problem, they get no help from the gospel. If their main concern is a better marriage...
2017 Fellowship Conference New England
2017 Fellowship Conference New England
The saints at Redeeming Grace Fellowship in Portland, Maine are organizing another conference this year. The Fellowship Conference New England will be held on August 3-5, 2017.
2018 Fellowship Conference New England
2018 Fellowship Conference New England
The saints at Redeeming Grace Fellowship in Portland, Maine are organizing another conference this year. The Fellowship Conference New England will be held on August 2-4, 2018. "Each year there is Biblical preaching a...
2019 Fellowship Conference New England
2019 Fellowship Conference New England
The Fellowship Conference New England will be held on August 1-3, 2019. "Each year there is Biblical preaching and teaching...
2023 Fellowship Conference Sermons
2023 Fellowship Conference Sermons
For those desiring to watch the conference live you can do so at youtube.com/illbehonest/live. Session #1 - Scripture Is Enough - Lee Dodd Session #2 - Loving All The Brethren No Matter What - Mack Tomlinson ...
2023 Fellowship Conference UK
2023 Fellowship Conference UK
The 2023 Fellowship Conference UK is a time of fellowship, preaching, and singing that centers on the glory of God.
2024 Fellowship Conference
2024 Fellowship Conference
Brethren, registration for the 2024 Fellowship Conference starts today at 6 pm CST. For more on the details and costs to stay onsite go here. Lookin to register? Register Here What is the goal of this con...
A Call to Prayer
A Call to Prayer
I cannot find one of whose history much is told us, from Genesis to Revelation, who was not a man of prayer.
A Muzzled Mouth
A Muzzled Mouth
The sins of the tongue are easiest to commit and most subtle of all. How often they are engaged ignorantly! And we know it not until we begin to reap their bitter fruits.
A Prayer for the New Year
A Prayer for the New Year
Firmly believing that my times are in God's hand, I here submit myself and all my affairs for the ensuing year, to the wise and gracious disposal of God's divine providence.
Abortion: Who’s to Say?
Abortion: Who’s to Say?
I put forward that there is indeed a word from God. The Bible, the law of the Lord, gives us a ruling on the matter – that the unborn is a person.
And There He Prayed | Personal Disciplines of Private Prayer
And There He Prayed | Personal Disciplines of Private Prayer
"And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place and there he prayed. - Mark 1:35
Behold Now is the Acceptable Time
Behold Now is the Acceptable Time
There will come a day when we will all die. None of us knows when that day will be.
Behold Your God
Behold Your God
God is big, real big, as big as you imagine a god ought to be, and then infinitely more. God is God.
Believing in Eternal Punishment Matters
Believing in Eternal Punishment Matters
First, if conscious eternal punishment is not true, then ultimately one can sin against God and get by with it. Second, if there is not the danger of men being "tormented forever...
Bible Meditation
Bible Meditation
Bible meditation is not necessarily Bible reading, not necessarily Scripture memory, not reading good books and commentaries, not listening to good sermons, not prayer nor singing...
Bob Jennings Health Update 8/27/2011
Bob Jennings Health Update 8/27/2011
Update, 8/27/11 – Yet MRI Regarding Liver Dear friends, I was waiting for Jared to post this on my Journal, but he and his family are in Conn. on some assignment and I am thinking the hurricane has hindered. ...
Born-Againism
Born-Againism
Error has been preached as truth and propagated with cultish zeal. As a result multitudes have believed a lie and are headed for hell from fundamentalist church pews with a Bible in their hands and a prayer on their lips.
But we glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 3:3
But we glory in Christ Jesus, Philippians 3:3
You want a simple definition of a Christian, a true Christian? He is one who glories, who boasts, who rejoices in Christ Jesus.
Christian Government
Christian Government
Christian Government can properly be applied to only one thing: Church government, government among a body of people that are distinctly Christian.
Christianity Unique Among Religions
Christianity Unique Among Religions
Christianity is unique in that it offers a savior. All other religious leaders are mere examples and teachers, now dead and in the grave.
Condemned: Awaiting Execution
Condemned: Awaiting Execution
The Prince, desiring to make the wisest use of this privilege, spoke to many of them in succession, inquiring why they were condemned to death.
Confrontation or Diplomacy
Confrontation or Diplomacy
The Biblical way is confrontation; the world’s way is diplomacy. Confrontation is the way of truth, honesty, exposure, light, hurt, cleansing, correction.
Counsel For Those Contemplating A Missionary Life
Counsel For Those Contemplating A Missionary Life
You are contemplating a missionary life. Let it be a missionary life; that is, come out for life, and not for a limited term. Do not fancy that you have a true missionary spirit...
David and Ishbi-benob (Fighting Giants)
David and Ishbi-benob (Fighting Giants)
Giants “again” keep coming on, v15. They were there in the beginning of David’s life and now yet in the end. Sin and Satan do not let up. The war against the saints continues. Adversity continues. The adversary continues.
Discerning the Voice of the Lord
Discerning the Voice of the Lord
We are often asked, "How can I tell whether it is God speaking to me or the devil." Now anyone who tells you it is easy is a novice. It is not easy because the enemy is subtle...
Do Catholics Possess Life Eternal?
Do Catholics Possess Life Eternal?
I now write on the topic of Catholics and eternal life. As an Irish Catholic, I remember the grip that Catholicism had on my own soul; in a sense, it was second nature to me.
Does Disaster Come to a City Unless the LORD Has Done It?
Does Disaster Come to a City Unless the LORD Has Done It?
Amos 3:6, “Is a trumpet blown in a city and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city unless the LORD has done it?”
Errors of the Modern House Church Movement
Errors of the Modern House Church Movement
Let it be understood from the start, we have nothing against house church. Immediately after conversion in 1971, I attended a house church. After 40 years as a Christian...
Exercising Self-Control
Exercising Self-Control
Practically everything must be controlled. So also in the spiritual realm self-control is a virtue.
Fellowship Conference New England | Portland, Maine
Fellowship Conference New England | Portland, Maine
In Portland, Maine on August 13-15, 2015 there will be the Fellowship Conference New England, Pastors Michael Morrow, Mack Tomlinson, Jesse Barrington, and Tim Conway will be speaking.
Five Ways You Can Help Your Missionaries
Five Ways You Can Help Your Missionaries
A missionary who is currently seriving in the 10/40 window gives five ways that you and your church can help your missionaries.
Four Notable Characteristics of the Early Church
Four Notable Characteristics of the Early Church
Here we have a very revealing verse as to the life of the early church. Acts 2:42, devoted to 1. Word of God, 2. Fellowship, 3. Lord’s Supper, 4. Praying
Giving: Considering the Poor
Giving: Considering the Poor
Consideration for the poor will not buy us pardon for our offenses against God, but it is the unfailing evidence of the person who has the grace of God in his heart.
Good Music
Good Music
Again, behold the power of good music. When Paul and Silas sang, the earth shook and the jail rattled (Acts 16).
How A Just God Justifies The Unjust
How A Just God Justifies The Unjust
How can God justly justify the unjust? The justice of God was indeed satisfied by the substitutionary death of Christ. How can I know this blessing of justification? I am called to...
How Do You Respond to Personal Slander?
How Do You Respond to Personal Slander?
The psalmist finds himself in a position we all commonly share at times. He is being slandered. His words and actions have been misrepresented and his character maligned.
How To Do It
How To Do It
The fact of the matter is, the Bible is not a How-To book; it is a What-To book. God tells us what to do, what must be done, what is our responsibility according to His laws and principles.