ARCHIVE OF November - 2013

27NOV 2013

A Naturally Happy Thanksgiving

In a commentary on Colossians chapter 3 from Jamieson, Fausset and Brown we read: “Of ourselves we can no more ascend than a bar of iron lift itself up from the earth. But the love of Christ is a powerful magnet to draw us up (Eph 2:5,6). The design of the Gospel is not merely……..[Read More]

18NOV 2013

Vapors All

  Psalm 39:5: “Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah”      I think it was a lot easier for men 1,000 or 5,000 years ago to understand this. Not all did of course, I’m only saying I think it was easier……..[Read More]

10NOV 2013

Pastors

  Ephesians 4:11 reads: “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers.” All of these ministerial offices have their place in the church today. The Apostles that Christ chose in His day are as much for me today in their writings as they were verbally or personally to those……..[Read More]

04NOV 2013

All Sin is not the Same in the Sight of God (v2)

I’ve heard a lot of people say that, “All sin is the same. There’s no big sin or little sin in God’s sight.” I understand why they say it, and there is some truth to it, but this is not a correct statement except in one thing – that all sin, if not forgiven in……..[Read More]