About the church…. The distinguishing “marks” of a true church, i.e., one authenticated by Scripture are 1) Purely preaching and teaching God’s Word and 2) proper administration of the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Does your church preach the Word purely and properly administer the sacraments? The purposes of the church are threefold:1….
FAITH MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD
A favorite passage of mine: 1 Peter 1:6-7 “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and…
OVERCOMERS
1 John 5:1-5 “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God,…
THE EXERCISE OF MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL DISCERNMENT
PART ONE: WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?In John Chapter 7 Jesus enters the temple and teaches (v.14). The Jews marvelled and questioned how He could have such learning with no history of studying (v.15), and Jesus answers: “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he…
God’s law
Nowadays it is popular to think of God’s law as a restraint on life, and this is an attitude widely encouraged by existential humanism. The free life is life beyond law, beyond good and evil, we are told: it is emancipation from law and morality. Our American position, however, has been the Christian faith that…
God or Tyrants
William Penn and Benjamine Franklin long ago noted that “men will either be governed by God, or they will be governed by tyrants.” Americans are being subverted and they have themselves to blame most of all for it. The word for government has radically changed its meaning. Originally “government” was never applied to the state:…
A testament to Godliness!
A testament to Godliness!I received your book YOUNG IN AFRICA today! I am very grateful to be a recipient. I gave it a once over already, sort of a preview before I dig in. I shared with my celly some of what Sissy has impressed upon me from her other book and, of course, her…
COPY OF LETTER SENT TO FRIEND.
Thanks for the update and encouraging words. Yes, I have been struggling with all the covid madness. Then response is overblown, I’ve personally watched it infect 1200 people with only 4 deaths. And those 4 individuals were so sickly they would have died from the flu as well. It all strikes me as satanic control…
QUARANTNE LOG 2
[DAY 11. 1.3.21] Yesterday I found a man who was an Associate Pastor before he came to prison. I asked him to give our small group of Christians in the quarantine zone a sermon. He declined, saying he was “out of practice over twenty years, too much work to prepare, he’s uncomfortable.” So I developed…
QUARANTINE LOG 1
[Christmas Day. 6 pm]. Don’t know when I’ll be able to send this but, OH MY GOD! I’ve never seen so much craziness before in my whole life–and if you know my life…well, then you know that I’m really saying something. I’m in the gym, with at least a hundred other men. Rows upon rows…