Proverbs My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD,
Nor detest His correction;
For whom the LORD loves He corrects,
Just as a father the son in whom he delights.
The Word For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
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Beatitudes “Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God."
As a Christian you know who you need? Jesus Christ, you know what else you need, Nothing! He is all in all, isn’t He? Christ plus nothing. You don’t need special visions. You don’t need conversations with angels. You don’t need some kind of self-imposed piosity. You don’t need to keep a bunch [..more..]
A hard hitting seminar/sermon in which John MacArthur doesn’t mince his words in taking to task the messages of The Secret, The Shack, TBN and Joel Osteen along with a few other name checks along the way. After spending the first 30 minutes detailing some of the many errors of these books and ministries [..more..]
Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.
It hinders the work of the Holy Spirit.
What is the instrument the Spirit uses to do His work? The Word of God. He uses the Word as the instrument of regeneration (1 Pet. 1:23; James 1:18). He also [..more..]
Here is a link at an article over at Sola Dei Gloria, which contains the transcript of an excellent message spoken by John MacArthur that really is challenging, and is a message we as Christians need to take note of.
Concluding our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.
It puts the responsibility on the preacher to change people with his cleverness.
Preachers who pursue the modern approach to ministry must think they have the power to change people. That, too, is a frightening expression of pride. We [..more..]
Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.
It strips the pulpit of power.
“The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Heb. 4:12). Everything else is impotent, giving merely an illusion of power. Human strategy is not more important than [..more..]
This is a thought provoking and challenging message preached by John MacArthur at Grace Community Church, with a completely different perspective on global warming issues, and the way in which Biblical insight views the planet on which we live. I’ll leave you to think these things over for yourself.
Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.
It lies to people about what they really need.
In Jeremiah 8:11, God condemns the prophets who treated people’s wounds superficially. That verse applies powerfully to the plastic preachers that populate so many prominent evangelical pulpits today. They [..more..]
Life “Everything that a man leans upon but God—will be
a dart which will certainly pierce his heart through
and through. He who leans only upon Christ—lives
the highest, choicest, safest and sweetest life.”
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