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John Newton Hymn – I Asked The Lord That I Might Grow – biblical critique by Vince Wright

27 Jun 2024 Michael A

This post contains a biblical critique on the John Newton hymn, I Asked The Lord That I Might Grow. The critique was copied and pasted from, The Berean Test (Vince Wright), which I discovered today as I was looking for lyrics to this hymn, set to music. I’d been listening to the hymn a lot lately and pondering its significance in light of spiritual growth, and was pleased to find a biblical critique of the hymn. Also, in this post is a link to the many contemporary songs Vince Wright has critiqued.

Philippians 3:10 “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection…. Commentaries of Barnes and Calvin

9 Jun 2024 Michael A

This post contains comments from Albert Barnes and John Calvin on Philippians 3:10 – “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” It opens with that verse from 5 different Bible translations, as it is good to look to different translations when one is seeking understanding of a given verse; those readers who did not know that see the benefit of doing so.

The Cure for Backsliding – Pastor Rom Prakashpalan

15 May 2024 Michael A

This post contains a message on backsliding from Pastor Rom Prakashpalan. He provides a definition and a strong message from Hosea 14. Highlight points were written for the 27-minute excerpt. The entire sermon is also embedded for those who want to listen through it.

TRIALS: James 1:2-11 Pastor Patrick Ramsey

30 Apr 2024 Michael A

The Mp3 sermon in this post is on James 1:2-11, about how we are to face trials. Pastor Ramsey provided much useful information for the Christian’s daily struggle in life. there is a link to his series on James at Sermon Audio for those who might want to hear more. Sermon highlight points follow the sermon.

Faith Is Like a Muscle and Needs to Be Exercised – Pastor Colin Smith

23 Apr 2024 Michael A

I am preparing a post on backsliding that mentions ‘exercising faith’ and thought I would post this article beforehand. Pastor Colin Smith explains that it is not enough to just possess faith, as those who are born again possess. One must learn to exercise it. He explains what that means. Extremely valuable information to all Christians that may not have looked into the matter; as exercising it is necessary in the Christian fight of faith.

Get Rid of These 4 Books from your Church Bookstore Now! Alisa Childers with Tim Challies

13 Apr 2024 Michael A

Which books should every Christian bookstore remove immediately? Which ones should they make sure and stock up on? Author, blogger, and book reviewer Tim Challies joins the podcast today to give his opinion on the best 3 and worst 4 books every church book store should be aware of. We also talk about his new book, Seasons of Sorrow, about the tragic and sudden passing of his son, Nick and how Tim and his family have navigated that loss. Tim reflects on the goodness of God, the problem of suffering and evil, and whether or not his opinion on certain “bad books” has changed in light of his personal season of sorrow.

Poverty of Spirit – Matthew 5:3 – a definition

13 Mar 2024 Michael A

This post contains one commentary explanation of poverty of spirit from Matthew 5:3; it also contains a brief excerpt from two other posts about Jonathan Edwards, the excerpts are extremely relevant to the Matthew 5:3. One of those posts gave glimpses into his struggle for obedience; the other into his analysis of what constituted a truly born again person as opposed to a false convert.

Street Preacher Quotes JOHN 3:16 Confronted by Police in UK for Hate Crime

3 Mar 2024 Michael A

The 11-minute video of this post covers 3 points: the confrontation of a street preacher by 5 police; the disparity of treatment between UK citizenry and Christians compared to Muslims and non-citizens; and the street music ministry of a 20-year old that was also threatened by police. The purpose of this post is to help Americans see what is coming soon; it is already in Europe and Canada. Furthermore, the pressures that are causing legislators to bow down to activists of LGBTQ and Cultural Marxism, are also causing pastors to bow down. That is, the gospel is also being hindered by pastors and congregants that support these two anti-Christian forces….

Christian Affliction… Being Exercised… Blessed Fruits — C H Spurgeon

16 Feb 2024 Michael A

C H Spurgeon’s three sermon points were: the outward appearance of our trials; blessed fruitfulness of trials; and those exercised by trials. It is a 45-minute sermon that mentioned points I had never heard on this topic. The section about being exercised is very beneficial to know if you are in the midst of trials. All Christians will eventually be there. There are sermon highlights, and several term definitions.

James 1: 2-11 – Trials – Pastor Patrick Ramsey

17 Jan 2024 Michael A

This post contains a sermon from James 1: 2-11 on God’s purpose in sending trials and how to deal with them such that you might begin to know Christian maturity, fullness… being made perfect. Since all Christians will encounter trials from God to grow their faith, it is critical that you know how to go through these trials; upon what you should focus and why that ought to be your focus. This sermon makes those things very clear.

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