Almost Home

The recording is not the best, but it is a very good song. Home is with the Lord Jesus. It is our hope to be there.

One of the False Gospels

The prosperity "gospel", is not according to the Bible. I can't agree with everything about David Wilkerson, but he is correct here. Amen

God's Law

God’s Law

God’s Law Has a Penalty Attached

If there were a law that man should not steal but no penalty was attached to it, some man would have my pocketbook before the day were over. If I threatened to have him arrested, why would he fear the law if there were no penalty?

It is not the law that people are afraid of; it is the penalty for transgression

Do not suppose God has made a law without a penalty. The penalty for sin is death: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” If I have sinned, I must die or get somebody to die for me. If the Bible doesn’t teach that, it doesn’t teach anything. And that is where the atonement of Jesus Christ comes in.

--D. L. Moody

A Single Celled Irony

Many people have trouble accepting the miracle of Jesus’ virginal conception.1 It’s often dismissed as a biological impossibility—a myth that belongs to a pre-scientific age. Ironically, however, many people who mock the virgin birth have no trouble accepting a similar “miracle” that, just like the virgin birth, begins with a single cell.

So starts an article on CMI's web site. A single-celled irony

Sometimes the best argument is the truth itself.

Don't Add On

Water cannot cleanse the conscience. Gifts don't prove a new life. Jesus Christ is the truth. His blood is what saves, trusting in Him and repenting. The fruit of this will be seen clearly. As my sister says, "Don't add on." Let the Gospel be pure.

An atheist knows more than a Christian

This time Christopher Hitchens got it exactly right.

During a recent trip to Portland, Oregon, noted atheist Christopher Hitchens laid down some seriously good theology. Most people recognize Hitchens as the author of the bestselling book God is Not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything. Since the book’s publication in 2007, Hitchens has toured the country debating a series of religious leaders, including some well-known evangelical thinkers. He is clever, acerbic, quick on his feet, and in general a very articulate spokesman for atheism. In Portland he was interviewed by Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell. The entire transcript of the interview has been posted online. The following exchange took place near the start of the interview:

Sewell: The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make and distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal religion?

Hitchens: I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian.

Sewell wanted no part of that discussion so her next words are, “Let me go someplace else."

This little snippet demonstrates an important point about religious “God-talk.” You can call yourself anything you like, but if you don’t believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross for our sins and then rose from the dead, you are not “in any meaningful sense” a Christian.

We need to know what a Christian is and then live it.

For Those Suffering