In John 6:35-40, Jesus makes four promises concerning the believer’s eternal security. Let’s go through them one by one. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger” (v 35a). Jesus has just fed the 5,000, so food is on their minds, especially the bread He

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Tim 2:3) Technically, I was a soldier for over 20 years. But I was not a real soldier. I was a chaplain. As a chaplain I was an officer and I got many benefits that a real soldier did not. If things got

Faith Without Works is Dead, 42 MB, MP3 Download “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be

A few weeks ago I listened to a conversation between two men who are strong Lordship Salvation proponents. We’ll call them Dave and Bill. In the early going they discussed a pastor of a megachurch who recently admitted to having an affair and who stepped down from his pastorate. The pastor in question preached the

I recently came across a January 10, 2005 article at a Calvinist website, banneroftruth.org. The article is entitled, “Gordon Clark and Sandemanianism.” It is by Doug Barnes. In the article Barnes rejects Clark’s suggestion that faith is being convinced that a proposition is true. Instead, he favorably cites Kuyper who says that believing that the

The Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress 241 years ago. The Constitution was ratified 228 years ago. A lot has changed in 200 years. Do you think the Founding Fathers would be pleased with the progress of freedom in this country? Would they think we were faithful to their vision? I

“Pee-ew!” my four year old daughter exclaimed, dramatically waving her hand in front of her nose. “Daddy, the sandbox really stinks. The cats pooped in it a LOT!” “But, haven’t you been playing in it for the last hour!?! You still played in it even though you knew it was full of poop? Isn’t Zane

Last week I heard Rush Limbaugh say that one of the great lessons he learned is that being hated by people is a measure of success. Of course, Rush has an audience in the millions. And he surely has millions who at least strongly disagree with what he says. Many of them may actually hate