What Every Woman Needs
What Every Woman Needs
God alone can provide unconditional, self-sacrificial love, a love that has her highest good in view. The Bible tells us: “in this is love...
Lies College Students Hear
Lies College Students Hear
Think, investigate, and ask God for wisdom to reject the lies and accept the truth.
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.
I Can’t Let Go (Give Up and Fall in the Arms of Christ)
I Can’t Let Go (Give Up and Fall in the Arms of Christ)
“I can't believe in Christ,” is the complaint we often hear from the inquiring. What does it mean? Are those who make it in earnest? Have they considered what they say?
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
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.
Water Baptism
Water Baptism
The devil has used the waters of baptism to sink more souls in hell than about any other vice or device. Wily as Satan is, he has stolen a beautiful ordinance of God and used it for himself, filling church houses w...
The Trinity: You Must Believe In It
The Trinity: You Must Believe In It
Do people who believe in modalism and oneness Pentecostalism worship the true God of the bible?
What Should the Average Day Look Like for a True Believer?
What Should the Average Day Look Like for a True Believer?
"What should the average day look like for a true believer?" - This was a question I received in an email this morning. Here are some brief thoughts. There are many other things from the scriptures that we also c...
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. ...
Paper Missionaries and Silent Preachers: The Value of Gospel Tracts
Paper Missionaries and Silent Preachers: The Value of Gospel Tracts
“What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” -Mark 8:36 “Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, but through Me.”" -John 14:6 These, ...
Quotes on Reaching Out to the Lost
Quotes on Reaching Out to the Lost
"Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him." - Psalm 126:5,6 "N...
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.
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).
Points on Parenting
Points on Parenting
Parents can give away their authority. Never say no if you don’t mean it. Don’t give a command, even a little one, if you are not willing to back it up. And parents can give a command in such a tone that the child senses there are options.
Ministerial Pride
Ministerial Pride
Pride is a mother sin. All sin, in a way, is a manifestation of pride. That is, the conceit, the arrogance, the self-importance – pride affects every word, thought and deed. Pride, though subtle...
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.
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...
Your Life’s Ambition
Your Life’s Ambition
Listen, there is only one valid goal in life – to live for God and love Him supremely.
The Beauty of Holiness
The Beauty of Holiness
God puts a premium on the beauty of holiness. Physical beauty is relatively meaningless to God.
Why is Fasting so Little Employed by True Christians?
Why is Fasting so Little Employed by True Christians?
Those meals you miss fasting will soon be forgotten but the blessing and the reward will remain forever. “Your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly”.
Preservation of the Saints
Preservation of the Saints
The apostle Paul here was entirely confident that the saints at Philippi would make it. Here are four reasons why...
Patriarchy vs. Single Women in the Bible
Patriarchy vs. Single Women in the Bible
Take note of these examples of single women who were on their own, working outside of the home, and supporting themselves and others.
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.
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.
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.
Exercising Self-Control
Exercising Self-Control
Practically everything must be controlled. So also in the spiritual realm self-control is a virtue.
I’ll Be Honest App on Amazon Kindle Fire
I’ll Be Honest App on Amazon Kindle Fire
The I'll Be Honest app is now available for Kindle Fire devices. Read more details...
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.
Spring Conference in Laredo, Texas with Tim Conway
Spring Conference in Laredo, Texas with Tim Conway
Where: 1402 Corpus Christi St, Laredo, Texas 78040 When: April 24-26, 2015 Who: Grace Community Church of Laredo is a church plant of GCCSATX. Pastor Tim Conway will be preaching at this year's conference. Confer...
More Joy
More Joy
Looking back now, with terminal cancer for the past two years, here is one thing I would like to have done better – I'd like to have enjoyed my walk with the Lord yet more.
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.
The Unpardonable Sin
The Unpardonable Sin
It is not the unpardonable sin which hinders your being a Christian; but your wickedness of heart, your pride, vanity, and insincerity.
The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich...
Pray!
Pray!
Prayer is signally the holiest and most spiritual exercise of mortal men. Carnal flesh shrinks and flees from it. It is cause for spiritual alarm when we find ourselves...
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...
Lordship: All Christians Are Disciples
Lordship: All Christians Are Disciples
It appears that you are saying that one can be a Christian, a convert, and yet not be a disciple. I would say that all Christians are disciples.