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Should Christians Exercise and Workout?
Should Christians Exercise and Workout?
What is the Bible's view on Christians exercising? Someone wrote in saying, "By the time I drive to a gym, work out, shower, change clothes, drive back, it is almost a two hour ordeal."
Should You Give While Getting Out of Debt?
Should You Give While Getting Out of Debt?
Explore the biblical perspective on giving while in debt. Learn about balancing generosity and financial responsibility...
How Alive is Alive? The Four-Fold Risenness of the Christian (Part 1)
How Alive is Alive? The Four-Fold Risenness of the Christian (Part 1)
The Bible teaches us that it is God who makes Christians. Paul says in Ephesians that God has made us alive together with Christ. God makes people into...
Are You Truly a Psalm 1 Man?
Are You Truly a Psalm 1 Man?
Are you truly a Psalm 1 man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, but your delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law you meditate day and night?
The Arrows of God’s Discipline
The Arrows of God’s Discipline
The arrows of God’s discipline are aimed at, and hit a particular object. The object is sin, a particular sin. It is not the believer’s only sin, but it is the sin which God wants out of his life now.
Old Man is Sinning, Not the New Creation?
Old Man is Sinning, Not the New Creation?
We explore the theological concept of 'Old Man Sinning, Not the New Creation,' examining 1 John 5:18 and other Scriptures to refute the idea that Christians can continue in sin.
Drop Out of School, Drive Without License, or Submit to Parents?
Drop Out of School, Drive Without License, or Submit to Parents?
In this Ask Pastor Tim, two questions are dealt with that involve children and whether or not to submit to parents or not.
Introspectionism
Introspectionism
Introspectionism has its seekers looking, not at Christ as their hope, but their repentance. Thus repentance itself becomes a fetish.
Always Trusting in the Lord
Always Trusting in the Lord
So, how much of your life are you to be acknowledging the Lord in? The verse says, "In all your ways acknowledge Him." That covers quite a bit of territory.
The Necessity of Daily Praying and Reading the Bible
The Necessity of Daily Praying and Reading the Bible
As the believer daily renews their mind in the Scriptures, and in prayer they cast themselves upon the Lord - they will walk in purity. When you find a...
What Have You Done, Lord?
What Have You Done, Lord?
This song was taken from Bob Jennings' prayer, from the sermon "Blessed Are Those Who Die in the Lord," that he preached two months before his death from cancer.
Spiritual Stability
Spiritual Stability
Nathan speaks on the under-appreciated value of spiritual stability. Is your walk with Christ stable, consistent, and solid; like a fruitful tree planted by a stream of water?
Useful to the Lord in Winning Souls
Useful to the Lord in Winning Souls
Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." That is something we can pray everyday. 'Lord, help me to follow You...
Useful to the Master
Useful to the Master
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
Is It Sinful for a Married Couple to Not Have Children?
Is It Sinful for a Married Couple to Not Have Children?
Is it sinful for a married Christian couple to not have children if they can? Is it defrauding God's design to be married and enjoy sex, but not have children?
Don’t Be Deceived
Don’t Be Deceived
The Bible commands us to not be deceived and delude ourselves. Paul says, "Evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Our Marriage to Christ is Most Important
Marriage is indeed important and defining in the believer's life, but it is not the most important thing to be said of the Christian's life.
Assurance: You Will Know
Assurance: You Will Know
"Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you."
Sell or Destroy Sports Gear I Idolized?
Sell or Destroy Sports Gear I Idolized?
Should a Christian sell or destroy the sports memorabilia that they idolized? If by selling it, would they be selling an idol to another buyer...
We Were Children of Wrath (Part 5)
We Were Children of Wrath (Part 5)
By nature people are children of wrath and in trouble with an angry God who is a consuming fire. The lost must be saved from the just judgment...
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Nettelton's feelings were often severely tried by the unwise counsel which some professing Christians were in the habit of giving to awakened sinners.
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is not drudgery. We are surrendering to His kindness and goodness. We should not fight against the Lord's will because...
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Believers once lived in the passions of their flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. All lost men are still enslaved to the desires of their flesh.
Prioritizing in the Busy Seasons of Our Lives
Prioritizing in the Busy Seasons of Our Lives
In the busy seasons of our lives we have to prioritize on how we use our time. There are seasons in all of our lives in which we will have more time than others...
Are Certain Hand Signs Satanic?
Are Certain Hand Signs Satanic?
Are certain hand signs satanic? Hand gestures can have a variety of meaning depending upon their use in a specific culture. So can a hand signal mean something satanic?
People Pleasing and the Fear of Man
People Pleasing and the Fear of Man
When we are snared by the fear of man, we are no longer trusting in the Lord. We must stop regarding man in whose nostrils is mere breath.
Asking in Prayer
Asking in Prayer
John 14:13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
A Meditation on Meditations
A Meditation on Meditations
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it.
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
God calls us to call upon Him in prayer. When we cry to Him, He promises to answer us and show us great and hidden things that we have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 says...
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
What makes you doubt your salvation? Many will say, "When I sin I doubt my salvation." "When I sin there is the worst grief that comes in my heart...."
Holy Spirit: Your Best Friend to Kill Sexual Sin
Holy Spirit: Your Best Friend to Kill Sexual Sin
The Holy Spirit must be the believer's best friend in the battle to kill sexual sin. You cannot have victory against sin unless it is victory...
Afraid I Committed The Unpardonable Sin
Afraid I Committed The Unpardonable Sin
Do you fear that you have committed the unpardonable sin? You may have, but nevertheless run to Christ. You say, "Isn't that a contradiction?"
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Appreciate Your Spouse: You Got the Better End of the Deal | Necessity of Communication in Marriage | As for God His Way is Perfect
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.
Show Me in the Bible Where I Can’t Do That
Show Me in the Bible Where I Can’t Do That
There is a subtle form of legalism that some fall into when they are constantly asking, "Show me in the Bible where it says I can't do that."
Questions Preachers Should Ask of Every Sermon (Part 6)
Questions Preachers Should Ask of Every Sermon (Part 6)
When it comes to preparing and delivering a sermon, there are countless questions that must be asked: Am I preaching my own opinion or what the text is saying?
Rejoice in Hope
Rejoice in Hope
The Christian is the only person who has a hope that can truly be rejoiced in and will truly last.
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.
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Pastors' wives have unique challenges and blessings. Ruby shares about four things that have been helpful to her over the years: humility, helper, heaven, and holiness.
Trials and Blessings in the Ministry
Trials and Blessings in the Ministry
There is no other path in the ministry except one that has trials and suffering along its way. At the same time, pastors also experience many blessings.