Category Archives: Doctrine & Practice

Is Fasting a Christian Duty for Protestant Evangelicals?

Posted on August 28, 2015 by The Editor

Matthew 9:14,15; Matthew 6:16 When came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long … Continue reading →

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Good Works in Their Proper Scriptural Place

Posted on September 5, 2014 by The Editor

Ephesians 2:8; James 2:14-26        By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.        What doth it profit, my brethren, though a … Continue reading →

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The Hopeless Futility of Trying to Be Saved by “Good Works”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by The Editor

I Corinthians 15:3; Ephesians 2:8,9        Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures.        By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man … Continue reading →

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The Creation of Man in the Image of God, or Evolution?

Posted on May 27, 2014 by The Editor

Genesis 1:26,27; Genesis 2:7        And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.        … Continue reading →

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Man’s Free Will: Roman Catholic & Arminian Unity in Doctrinal Error

Posted on September 18, 2013 by The Editor

Ephesians 1:4-6; Romans 8:30, 31        He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 10: The Inescapable Conclusion

Posted on June 14, 2013 by The Editor

Romans 8:30, 31; I Peter 1:4,5; I Timothy 1:12        Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.        To an inheritance incorruptible, and … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 9: The Unfathomable Depth

Posted on May 24, 2013 by The Editor

Job 37:23; Job 37:5; Romans 11:33, 34        Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out.        Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.        O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 8: A Believer’s Certain Perseverance

Posted on March 9, 2013 by The Editor

Isaiah 41:10,13,14; 60:16; 63:1; John 6:37        Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness―For I … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 7: Can a True Believer Fall ever from Grace and Perish?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by The Editor

Hebrews 3:14          For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence unto the end. JAMES DURHAM (1622-1658): If believing depends on free-will, then our perseverance depends on it also. For if the man’s … Continue reading →

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Predestination or Freewill Part 6: Can Saving Grace be Resisted?

Posted on February 23, 2013 by The Editor

Acts 7:51; John 6:28, 29        Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost.        Then they said unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is work … Continue reading →

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