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Tag Archives: truth
The Political Princes of Modern Times
Psalm 146:3; Psalm 118:9; Psalm 40:4 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. Blessed is … Continue reading
Posted in Christians & Politics
Tagged elections, politicians, trust, truth
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Staggering in Unbelief at the Promises of God
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): “If we believe not.” This may be understood, either of such who are altogether destitute of faith, who do not believe in … Continue reading
Posted in God's Promises
Tagged God, God's character, God's faithfulness, promises, truth, unbelief
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Serving Our Generation
Acts 13:36 David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers. WILLIAM GURNALL (1617-1679): It is an honourable epitaph which Paul sets on the memory of David … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life
Tagged duty, faithfulness, generation, posterity, serving God, truth
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The Mercy & Truth of God to Unworthy Sinners
Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. COTTON MATHER (1663-1728): When Thomas Hooker was dying, one said to him, “Brother, you are … Continue reading
Posted in Attributes of God, Jesus Christ
Tagged God, Jesus Christ, judgment, mercy, righteousness, truth
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The Great Price Paid for these Two Pillars of Truth
Isaiah 8:20; Romans 4:3; Ephesians 2:8,9; Romans 11:6 To the law and the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them…What saith the Scripture? By grace are ye … Continue reading
Posted in The 16th Century Protestant Reformation (500 Years: 1517-2017)
Tagged martyrs, Protestant, reformation, truth
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The Spiritual Checks & Balances of Proper Bible Study
John 17:17; John 10:35 Thy Word is truth. The Scripture cannot be broken. JOHN GILL (1697-1771): The Scripture “cannot be broken,” or be made null and void; whatever that says, it is true. JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791): Nothing which … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged Bible, God's Word, Scripture, study, truth
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The Hopeless Futility of Trying to Be Saved by “Good Works”
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
Posted in Doctrine & Practice
Tagged error, faith good works, forgivenness of sins, grace, Jesus Christ, mediator, peace, salvation, truth
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The Holy Spirit, the Divine Teacher of God’s Truth
John 16:13,14 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit
Tagged Bible, Holy Spirit, study, teaching, truth
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Evolution: An “Opposition of Science, Falsely So Called”
I Timothy 1:20,21 Keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: which some professing have erred concerning the faith. WILLIAM BUELL SPRAGUE (1795-1876): Who can estimate the … Continue reading
Posted in Reason & Revelation
Tagged Authority of the Bible, error, evolution, faith, philosophy, revelation, theory, truth
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The Reality of the Existence of Satan, the Devil of the Bible
Job 1:6,7 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered … Continue reading