The Truth of God’s Word Vs. the Lies of Wokeism Romans 1:18-32. In the video of this post, Pastor Edwards defined ‘wokeism,’ he also provided an excellent overview of what is happening in our culture, the war between truth and lies. He described the various types of God’s judgments that have been unfolding via cultural events for the past half century. He also identified pastors who are receiving woke doctrines into their churches and clarified that false teachers are part of God’s judgments on us. Furthermore, he talked of social media influences such as Tic Toc and how those negatively influence children that are not monitored by knowledgeable parents. Specific scriptures are part of the printed sermon highlights
Category: Salvation
The Heavenly Race – C H Spurgeon
This post contains a 7-minute sermon excerpt and the entire sermon. The excerpt contains an exhortation by Spurgeon wherein he suggests that we should think of our race as though we were running from a swordsman that wants to slay us. To which he makes the following points: no one would have to exhort us to run; one would run with all his might; if we had eyes to see, then we’d know that hell pursues us; sin pursues us; evil wants to overtake us; the avenger of death is pursuing us and we should run to the city of refuge with all our might; the gates of that city stand open; Christ is that city; many shall not enter that city. Sermon highlights precede the full-length sermon
Am I Right With God? By Patrick Hines [an excerpt]
This post contains an excerpt taken from Pastor Patrick Hines book, Am I Right With God. The excerpt is from a chapter titled, A Portrait of True Repentance. Therein, he discussed portions of Psalm 51 and other relevant scriptures. The excerpt closes with a very humorous anecdote to which everyone who has ever practiced any self-observation will relate and find humorous and very telling of our need for a Savior.
Two Ways To Live – Proverbs 9 – Part 3 of 3
In this post, the following verse is examined via 3 different Bible commentaries. Proverbs 9:17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” My reason for posting on this verse is that it is the type of thinking that keeps one stuck in sin; keeps one blind to sin, desiring sin, etc. The commentaries I chose are free commentaries from the Bible software, E-sword; they can also be found at Bible Hub. Using commentaries is especially necessary for new Bible students, because all verses of scripture have one meaning, that which God intended. It is necessary to discover that meaning. Many, speculate erroneously about the meaning of a verse or passage and never find out for sure what it means….
Two Ways To Live – Proverbs 9 – Charles Bridges Commentary – Part 2 of 3
The purpose of this post is to help Christians get some additional insight into their struggles with temptation: lady wisdom represents the call of the Bible vs lady folly, the call of the world. Satan works against the Christian via the world system; lady Folly is the voice of that world system. Satan uses his dupes, works through them, to invite Christians to partake of delicacies from his kingdom….
C H Spurgeon – Morning and Evening Thoughts – Devotional
Spurgeon’s morning thoughts are about how God’s truth sanctifies a believer. Therein, he explains mortification, vivification and perseverance. His evening thoughts contrast those who value the things of God with those who value the empty things of this world. The information in each will help you assess your own Christian walk, mindset….
Proverbs 2:1-11 How to Become Wise – Pastor Kyle Johnston
This chapter talks about HOW to get wisdom and it describes how wisdom transforms those who possess it, from the inside out. It brings understanding and discernment; thereafter, one’s choices are better, more godly. God gives wisdom and that wisdom brings inner transformation. Important benefits: protection amid the threats of daily existence; and deliverance
Introducing Wisdom | Proverbs (1:1-7) – Pastor Kyle Johnston
This video is the first of 12 in a series: Study on the book of Proverbs, chapters 1-9. The videos range from 9-14 minutes in length, this is the longest video. I found the last video of this series because I wanted to blog on Proverbs 9 and after listening to it, I decided it would be beneficial to me and interested readers to blog the entire series for reasons that will become apparent in this video. Video highlight points precede this lesson. ADDITIONALLY, this post contains a reading from John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion to explain the necessity of a believer knowing who he/she is in relationship to God